Cnidarian (coelenterate) envenomations in Hawai'i improve following heat application

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-303

  Yoshimoto, Cedric M ^a   Yanagihara, Angel Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Carybdea; Cnidaria; Coelenterates; Envenoming; Hawaii; Irukandji syndrome; Jellyfish; Stings; Treatment; USA

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUTORPHANOL; CATECHOLAMINE; COELENTERATE VENOM; HYDROXYZINE; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAPHORESIS; ENVENOMATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

CARYBDEA; CARYBDEA ALATA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0036063996     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90105-7     Document Type: Article

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