Envenomation by the horned viper (Vipera ammodytes L.)

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Radonić, Vedran ^a   Budimir, Dražen ^a   Bradarić, Nikola ^a   Luksić, Boris ^a   Sapunar, Damir ^b   Vilović, Katarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TETANUS ANTIBODY; VIPER VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SNAKEBITE; TETANUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031001570     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.3.179     Document Type: Article

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