Intraarterial vs intravenous administration of antivenin for the treatment of Crotalidae atrox envenomation: A pilot study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 894-898

  Bania, Theodore C ^a,d   Bernstein, Steven L ^a   Baron, Bonny J ^b   Rabinowitz, Daniel ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenin; Crotalidae atrox; Intraarterial; Snake envenomation

Indexed keywords

CROTALIDAE ANTIVENIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031659371     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02808.x     Document Type: Article

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