Characteristics of Venomous Snakebites in Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-53

  Bubalo, Pero ^a   Curić, Ivo ^a   Fišter, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antivenins; Bosnia Herzegovina; Snakebites; Therapy; Viper venoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETANUS ANTIBODY; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TETANUS ANTITOXIN;

EID: 1642546314     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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