Clinical manifestations and management of scorpion envenomation

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Amitai, Yona ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Complications; Evenomation; Scorpion; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT; SCORPION VENOM; VASODILATOR AGENT; VENOM ANTISERUM;

BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVENOMATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

EID: 0032317260     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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