Is there a role for fasciotomy in Crotalinae envenomations in North America?

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-365

  Cumpston, Kirk L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Crotalinae; Envenomation; Fasciotomy; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

CROTALINAE; ENVENOMATION; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POISONOUS SNAKE; REVIEW; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CROTALID VENOMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FASCIA; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SNAKE BITES;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; SCOPUS;

EID: 79960225865     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.597032     Document Type: Review

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