Survival after massive (>2000) africanized honeybee stings

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 925-927

  Díaz Sánchez, Cristóbal Leonel ^a,b   Lifshitz Guinzberg, Alberto ^a   Ignacio Ibarra, Gregorio ^a   Halabe Cherem, Jose ^a   Quinones Galvan, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOPAMINE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; INSECT VENOM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; FLUID THERAPY; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032571802     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.8.925     Document Type: Article

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