A five-year retrospective review of snakebite patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Malaysia

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chew, Keng Sheng ^a   Wei Khor, Heng ^b   Ahmad, Rashidi ^a   Rahman, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Envenomation; Snake bites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

EID: 84857662341     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-41     Document Type: Review

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