Vipera palaestinae envenomation in 327 dogs: A retrospective cohort study and analysis of risk factors for mortality

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 691-699

  Segev, G ^a   Shipov, A ^a   Klement, E ^a   Harrus, S ^a   Kass, P ^b   Aroch, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Oedema; Snakebite; Venom; Viper

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MUSCLE ENZYME; SNAKE VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; JORDAN; LEBANON; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVATION; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SNAKE BITES; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERA PALAESTINAE; VIPERA XANTHINA; XANTHINA;

EID: 1942500981     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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