Envenomation by the Northern Blacktail rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus molossus): Case report

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Yarema, Mark C ^a,b   Curry, Steven C ^a,b,c  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Crotalidae polyvalent immune fab; Crotalus; Immunoglobulin fragments

Indexed keywords

CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB; ICE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB PAIN; PARESTHESIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TINGLING; SNAKEBITE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOURNIQUET;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CROTALUS; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 12344284018     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000150989.03981.06     Document Type: Article

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