Exotic snake bite: A challenge for the Scandinavian anesthesiologist?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-229

  Chew, M S ^a   Guttormsen, Anne Berit ^b   Metzsch, C ^a   Jahr, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Envenomation; Hoplocephalus bungaroides; Poisons; Snake bite; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTIVENINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NAUSEA; PAIN; SCANDINAVIA; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 12244312549     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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