A contextual approach to managing snake bite in Pakistan: Snake bite treatment with particular reference to neurotoxicity and the ideal hospital snake bite kit

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Quraishi, Naeem A ^a   Qureshi, Huma I ^b   Simpson, Ian D ^b  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Pakistan Medical Research Centre

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEOSTIGMINE METHYL SULFATE; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE; PROMETHAZINE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRURITUS; RURAL AREA; SNAKEBITE; SURVIVAL; URTICARIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PAKISTAN; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 44449137449     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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