Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.) envenomation of a 4-year-old boy: A case report

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 760-761

  Cavazzoni, Elena ^a   Lister, Bruce ^a   Sargent, Phillip ^a   Schibler, Andreas ^a  

^a MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Pediatric; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BITE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; ENVENOMATION; HAPALOCHLAENA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCTOPUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MOLLUSK VENOMS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCTOPODIFORMES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; HAPALOCHLAENA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 52449135074     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701601790     Document Type: Article

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