Encounters with venomous sea-life

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-112

  Fernandez, Isaac ^a   Valladolid, Genaro ^b   Varon, Joseph ^c,d,e   Sternbach, George ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antivenom; blue ringed octopus; cone snail; jellyfish; marine envenomations; stingray; stonefish

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COELENTERATE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENVENOMATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 78651085689     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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