The black widow: Is she deadly to children?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 360-364

  Woestman, Robin ^a   Perkin, Ron ^a   Van Stralen, Dave ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antivenin; Black widow spider; envenomation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CEFACLOR; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; LORAZEPAM; METHOCARBAMOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 0029798541     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199610000-00010     Document Type: Article

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