Acute myocardial injury caused by Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) envenoming

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 672-674

  Isbister, G K ^a,b   Warner, G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Envenomation: funnel web spider; Heart: ischaemia, toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; CREATINE KINASE; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; METFORMIN; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; TROPONIN; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPIDER BITE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0346265992     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100612     Document Type: Article

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