Cougar attacks on children: Injury patterns and treatment

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 863-865

  Kadesky, Kevin M ^a   Manarey, Casey ^a   Blair, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Murphy III, James J ^a   Verchere, Cynthia ^a   Atkinson, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cougar; Mountain lion; Pasteurella; Rabies; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTERY INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LACERATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEWBORN; PASTEURELLA; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RABIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031866020     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90661-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Seidensticker J, Lumpkin S: Mountain lions don't stalk people. True or false. Smithsonian 22:113-122, 1992
2. Beier P: Cougar attacks on humans: An update and some further reflections. Borrecco, Marsh (eds): Proceedings of the 15th Vertebrate Pest Conference, University of California at Davis, 1992
3. Beier P: Cougar attacks on humans in the United States and Canada. Wildlife Society Bulletin 19:403-412, 1991
4. Rollins CE, Spencer DF: A fatality and the American mountain lion: Bite mark analysis and profile of the offending lion. J Forens Sci 40:486-489, 1995
5. Garcia VF: Animal Bites and Pasteurella infections. Pediatr Rev 18:127-130, 1997