Australian venomous jellyfish, envenomation syndromes, toxins and therapy

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 830-859

  Tibballs, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; COELENTERATE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; HEMOLYSIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM; METHYSERGIDE; MYOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VINEGAR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; FIRST AID; HUMANS;

AURELIA; CARUKIA BARNESI; CARYBDEA RASTONII; CARYBDEIDAE; CHIRODROPIDAE; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CUBOZOA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); PELAGIA; PHYSALIA; SCYPHOZOA; TAMOYA;

EID: 33750950876     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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