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Norberto Navarrete, Norberto Navarrete Aldana1
1Burns Intensive Care Unit, Plastic Surgery and Burns Department, Hospital Simon Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia.
Abstract:
Lightning strikes cause injuries in multiple systems and organs. Early recognition of lightning injury syndromes and anticipation of harmful complications can improve outcomes for these patients. The author has presented a case report of a patient who was struck by lightning and exhibited extensive soft tissue injury with myoglobinuria. He was treated with delayed fasciotomy and had evidence of severe muscle injury with markedly elevated creatine kinase levels that gradually improved with aggressive fluid infusion. The patient did not require alkalinization of urine, mannitol, or dialysis, and his renal function remained normal.
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