Sixteen years of severe Tiger snake (Notechis) envenoming in Perth, Western Australia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-618

  Scop, J ^a,b   Little, M ^a,b   Jelinek, G A ^a   Daly, F F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Envenoming; Snake bite; Tiger snake

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 67649660249     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0903700414     Document Type: Article

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