Current concepts: Bites of venomous snakes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 347-356

  Gold, Barry S ^a   Dart, Richard C ^c   Barish, Robert A ^a,b  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; OPIATE; PREDNISONE; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POISON CENTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SERUM SICKNESS; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ANTIVENINS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036674376     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra013477     Document Type: Review

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