Snake bite: A current approach to management

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales and Queensland Poison Information Centres   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Coagulopathy; Envenoming; Venom

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY INJURY; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; VOMITING;

EID: 33749627764     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: 03128008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2006.078     Document Type: Article

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