Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener) bites

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-156

  Morgan, David L ^a   Borys, Douglas J ^a   Stanford, Rhandi ^a   Kjar, Dean ^a   Tobleman, William ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral snake; Micrurus fulvius tenere; Micrurus tener; Snake bites; Texas; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; STEROID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRURUS TENER; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; TONGUE SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ELAPIDAE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; TEXAS;

EID: 33846817161     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000253596.39121.19     Document Type: Article

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