Elapid snakebite as a cause of severe hypertension

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-320

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

autonomic dysfunction; neuroparalytic; neurotoxic; severe hypertension; snake envenomation; snakebite

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIVENINS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 33745511748     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.05.028     Document Type: Article

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