Pilot studies of pressure-immobilization bandages for rattlesnake envenomations

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Meggs, William Joel ^a   Courtney, Christine ^a   O'Rourke, Dorcas ^a   Brewer, Kori Louise ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Poisoning; Rattlesnake bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIPMYN; POTASSIUM; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS ATROX; ENVENOMATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; SNAKE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMORRHAGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PILOT PROJECTS; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

CROTALUS ATROX; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 76749099253     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650903376071     Document Type: Article

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