Use of antivenom for snakebites reported to United States poison centers

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 780-785

  Spiller, Henry A ^a   Bosse, George M ^a,b   Ryan, Mark L ^c  

^a KENTUCKY REGIONAL POISON CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALIDE; MONOCROTALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROTALID VENOMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956584697     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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