Current management of copperhead snakebite

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-474

  Walker, J Patrick ^a   Morrison, Ray L ^a  

^a EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGKISTRODON; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROTALID VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953799966     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.049     Document Type: Article

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