Epidemiology of snakebite in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Blaylock, Roger ^a  

^a Leslie Williams Private Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; KwaZulu Natal; Morbidity; Mortality; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

BITIS ARIETANS VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; ATRACTASPIS BIBRONII; BRONCHOSPASM; CAUSUS RHOMBEATUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DENDROASPIS POLYLEPIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FINGER; FIRST AID; HAND DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; NECROSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRING; SUMMER; TACHYCARDIA; WINTER;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; NECROSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SNAKE BITES; SNAKES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATRACTASPIDIDAE; ATRACTASPIS; ATRACTASPIS BIBRONII; BITIS; BITIS ARIETANS; CAUSUS RHOMBEATUS; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; DENDROASPIS; DENDROASPIS POLYLEPIS POLYLEPIS; NAJA; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; NEPTUNIA; POLYLEPIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 1442310969     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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