Treatment of imported fire ant stings with mitigator sting and bite treatment - A randomized control study

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Hile, David C ^a,d   Coon, Troy P ^a   Skinner, Carl G ^a   Hile, Lisa M ^a   Levy, Phillip ^b   Patel, Manish M ^c   Miller, Michael A ^a  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Calamine lotion; Hymenoptera; Imported fire ant; Insect bites and stings; Mitigator; Pain management; Therapeutic techniques and equipment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITIGATOR STING AND BITE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYMENOPTERA; IMPORTED FIRE ANT; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PASTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33644868505     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2006)17[21:TOIFAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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