Intracerebral hemorrhage and death after envenoming by the jellyfish Carukia barnesi

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-392

  Pereira, Peter ^a   Barry, Jane ^a   Corkeron, Michael ^b   Keir, Pip ^c   Little, Mark ^d   Seymour, Jamie ^e  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Death; Envenoming; Irukandji syndrome; Jellyfish

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; PROMETHAZINE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARUKIA BARNESI; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ENVENOMATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INOTROPISM; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAIN; RETCHING; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; TROPONIN; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

CARUKIA BARNESI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77952944677     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563651003662675     Document Type: Article

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