Moya REJ, Moya CY

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 755-761
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ABSTRACT

Background: electric burns produced by atmospheric phenomena were probably the first type of burn and have a high mortality.
Objective: to describe the clinical manifestations of a patient who got a natural discharge and survived.
Clinical case: a thirtysevenyearold male patient without pathological records was struck by a lightning that caused the loss of consciousness for some minutes, as well as burns of the face, the torso, the back, and the right fore limb that were diagnosed as A dermic lesions of a 22 % of the body burned. Subsequently, the patient presented momentary loss of consciousness, and ophthalmic and kidney complications. He survived the initial event.
Conclusions: burns by natural electricity and fulgurations constitute a dramatic event with severe complications and a high mortality.

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