@article{ref1,
title="Association of high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone with reversal of blindness from lightning in two patients",
journal="Ophthalmology",
year="1999",
author="Norman, M. E. and Younge, B. R.",
volume="106",
number="4",
pages="743-745",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To report possibly beneficial effects of treatment with high-dose corticosteroids given intravenously to two patients with loss of vision after lightning strikes. DESIGN: Case reports. PARTICIPANTS: Two patients who suffered the effects of a lightning strike. INTERVENTION: High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone (NASCIS-2 Protocol). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Vision recovery, pupil responses, and optic nerve appearance. RESULTS: One patient had unilateral ophthalmoscopically visible abnormality with light perception vision and a relative afferent defect in that eye; vision recovered to 20/25. The other patient had no light perception, nonreactive pupils, and normal fundus examinations in both eyes; vision recovered bilaterally to normal (20/20). CONCLUSIONS: High-dose intravenous corticosteroid treatment in these patients may have had a role in their visual recovery.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-6420",
doi="10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90160-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90160-4"
}