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Descriptor English:
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Lightning Injuries
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Traumatismos por Acción del Rayo
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Lesões por Ação do Raio
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Synonyms English:
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Injuries, Lightning
Injury, Lightning
Lightning Injury
Lightning Strokes
Stroke, Lightning
Strokes, Lightning
Lightning Stroke
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Tree Number:
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C26.324.550
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Definition English:
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Accidental injuries caused by brief high-voltage electrical discharges during thunderstorms. Cardiopulmonary arrest, coma and other neurologic symptoms, myocardial necrosis, and dermal burns are common. Prompt treatment of the acute sequelae, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is indicated for survival. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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DF: LIGHTNING INJ
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History Note English:
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91(89); was see under ELECTRIC INJURIES 1989-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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23741
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Unique Identifier:
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D015168
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 LILACS
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