Snakebites in adults from the Diyarbakir region in southeast Turkey;Türkiye'nin güneydoǧusunda Diyarbakır ve çevresinde erişkinlerde yılan ısırıkları

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-214

  Al, Behçet ^a   Orak, Murat ^b   Aldemir, Mustafa ^b   Güloǧlu, Cahfer ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Rhabdomyolysis; Snake venom; Thrombophlebitis; Turkish snakes; Vipera ammodytes poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SEDATIVE AGENT; SNAKE VENOM; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANGE OF MOTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN SENSATION; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

EID: 77954673170     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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