Profile of snakebite envenoming in Western Maharashtra, India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-84

  Bawaskar, H S ^a   Bawaskar, P H ^a  

^a Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center Raigad   (India)

Author keywords

Anti snake venom; Bungarus caeruleus; Clinical aspects; Echis carinatus; India; Snakebite; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TETANUS;

BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; ECHIS CARINATUS; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 0036328420     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90250-6     Document Type: Article

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