Pulmonary oedema complicating snake bite due to Bungarus caeruleus

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Singh, A P ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bungarus caeruleus; Cardiotoxicity; Indian krait; Neurotoxins; Pulmonary oedema; Snack antivenin; Snake bite; Snake envenoming

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; BUNGAROTOXIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSPNEA; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TACHYCARDIA; ANIMAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; BUNGAROTOXINS; BUNGARUS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SNAKE BITES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 34748851284     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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