Red-back spider envenomation in children in Central Australia

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-175

  Trethewy, Christopher E ^a   Bolisetty, Srinivas ^b   Wheaton, Gavin ^c  

^a GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Australia; Children; Red back spider

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SWEATING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEATING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038709577     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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