Clinical features of 60 consecutive ICU-treated patients envenomed by Bungarus multicinctus

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 518-524

  Hung, Ha Tran ^a   Höjer, Jonas ^b   Du, Nguyen Thi ^a  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYDRIASIS; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BUNGARUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIASIS; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650142820     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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