Southern Pacific Rattlesnake bite: A unique clinical challenge

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-266

  Wasserberger, Jonathan ^a   Ordog, Gary ^a   Merkin, Terry E ^b  

^a Medical Toxicology   (United States)

^b Fontanna   (United States)

Author keywords

antivenom; rattlesnake; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748630747     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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