Lightning: a rare cause of intrauterine death with maternal survival
Weinstein, L.
Southern Medical Journal 72(5): 632-633
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 441784 Document Number: 148053
Being struck by lightning is frequently a fatal event. Prompt attention to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even in the patient who appears dead, will often bring dramatic results. In the pregnant patient, one can only hope that rapid restoration of cardiac and pulmonary activity will decrease perinatal mortality.
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