Route of administration of redback spider bite antivenom: Determining clinician beliefs to facilitate Bayesian analysis of a clinical trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 458-463

  Brown, Simon G A ^a,e   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^b,c,d   Stokes, Barrie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administration and dosage; Antivenom; Black widow spider; Envenoming; Redback spider

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIDERS;

EID: 35148825881     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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