Local compression pads as a first-aid measure for victims ofbites by russell’s viper (daboia russelii siamensis) in Myanmar

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 293-295

  Tun Pe, T ^a   Aye Aye Myint, A ^a   Khin Ei Han, K ^a   Thi Ha, T ^a   Tin Nu Swe, T ^a  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Compression pads; First aid; Immobilization; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; SNAKE VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; EDEMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MYANMAR; PAIN; SNAKEBITE; SPLINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; FIRST AID; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYANMAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; VIPER VENOMS;

DABOIA RUSSELII; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 0029001613     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90547-2     Document Type: Article

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