Multi-organ injuries due to a lightning strike: a case report highlighting the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach.
The interdisciplinary management of patients with multiple organ injuries after lightning strike is of paramount importance. Cutaneous burns can be associated to other organ injuries requiring emergency and life-support treatment. We report the case of a lightning strike victim who presented with burns as well as cardiologic and neurologic complications.
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Marlene
M
Tadler
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Eva
E
Rüegg
Division of Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Marc
M
Niquille
Division of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Baris
B
Gencer
Department of Neurosurgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Oliver P
OP
Gautschi
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Brigitte
B
Pittet-Cuénod
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine , Geneva , Switzerland.
Ali
A
Modarressi
Lightning; burns; cardiopathy