Efficacy, safety, and use of snake antivenoms in the United States

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Dart, Richard C ^a,b,c   McNally, Jude ^a,b,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM SICKNESS; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035133283     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.113372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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