Snakebites in the rainforests of Ecuador

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-240

  Praba Egge, Anita D ^a   Cone, Stephen W ^a   Araim, Omar ^a   Freire, Isabel L ^b   Paida, Galo V ^b   Escalante, Johnny T ^b   Carrera, Favio M ^b   Chavez, Mirian R ^b   Merrell, Ronald C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Pio XII   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STEROID; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECUADOR; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OCCUPATION; PAIN; RAIN FOREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SNAKEBITE; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VOMITING; AGRICULTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TREES;

EID: 0037673926     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6552-9     Document Type: Article

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