Treatment of Atlantic cnidarian envenomations

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1201-1205

  Burnett, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysaora; Cnidaria; Envomation treatment; Jellyfish; Nematocyst; Sea nettle; Sting; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; COELENTERATE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROQUINONE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; PAPAIN; PARACETAMOL; UROKINASE; VERAPAMIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOTOXICITY; COELENTERATE; CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG RESEARCH; ENVENOMATION; FATALITY; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KELOID; LASER SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; TELANGIECTASIA; TOXICOKINETICS; VASOSPASM; WOUND CARE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PAIN;

CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA; CNIDARIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70350369696     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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