Management of snakebite cases by national treatment protocol at Jalpaiguri District Hospital in West Bengal in the year 2010 - a retrospective study

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 553-560

  Ghosh, Manab Kumar ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

AVS; Immobilisation; Ligature; National protocol; Skin test; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENVENOMATION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PARALYSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM;

EID: 80052708408     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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