Fatal envenomation by jellyfish causing Irukandji syndrome

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 362-363

  Fenner, Peter J ^a,b,c   Hadok, John C ^d  

^a Surf Life Saving Australia ^*  (Australia)

^b School of Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MACKAY BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TROPONIN T; VECURONIUM; VENOM; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHEMA; FATALITY; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERTENSION; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; OXYGEN THERAPY; SEDATION; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037038190     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04838.x     Document Type: Article

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