Snakebite poisoning in children-a call for unified clinical guidelines

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-192

  Abraham, R Ben ^a   Winkler, E ^a   Eshel, G ^b   Barzilay, Z ^a   Paret, G ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Medical resources; Snake envenomation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNAKE BITES; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0035464360     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200109000-00005     Document Type: Article

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