Copperhead envenomations in the Carolinas

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Thorson, Alix ^a   Lavonas, Eric J ^a   Rouse, Anna M ^b   Kerns II, William P ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carolinas Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POISON CENTER; SIDE EFFECT; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SOUTH CAROLINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; EQUIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037282727     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120018268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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