Collett's snake (Pseudechis colletti) envenoming in snake handlers

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-115

  Isbister, G K ^a,b   Hooper, M R ^c   Dowsett, R ^d   Maw, G ^c   Murray, L ^b,e   White, J ^f,g  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; HEADACHE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 32244449002     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl007     Document Type: Article

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