Five years of snake envenoming in far north Queensland

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 500-510

  Barrett, Robyn ^a   Little, Mark ^a,b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Brown snake; Envenoming; North Queensland; Observation ward; Snakebite; Taipan

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BROWN SNAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOM DETECTION KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SNAKE BITES; SNAKES;

EID: 0345688732     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00509.x     Document Type: Review

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