Observation of snakebite victims: Is twelve hours still necessary?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 511-517

  Hughes, Andrew ^a  

^a NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delayed effects; Discharge protocol; Elapid; Envenoming; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELAPIDAE; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345257152     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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