Spotted black snake (Pseudechis guttatus) envenoming

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-42

  Jansen, Melanie ^a   McLeod, Monique ^a   White, Julian ^b,c   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; FOOT PAIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 33846334026     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00788.x     Document Type: Article

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