Hump nosed viper bite in Sri Lanka-descriptive observational study of 1543 cases

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 902-905

  Wijewantha, H S ^a   Sellahewa, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Fresh frozen plasma; Hump nosed viper; Prevention of complications; Snake bites

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIARRHEA; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SHOCK; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING;

EID: 78649517620     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60217-9     Document Type: Article

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