Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous snakes

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7527, 2005, Pages 1244-1247

  Warrell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKEBITE; SPLINTING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 28244443682     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1244     Document Type: Review

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