Long-term analysis of Irukandji stings in Far North Queensland

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Carrette, Teresa J ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Envenomation; Epidemiology; Jellyfish; Marine animals; Medical database; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; TROPONIN I; COELENTERATE VENOM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CHILD; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT STING; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; LIMB PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; THORAX PAIN; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; CORAL REEF; CUBOZOA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JELLYFISH; MARINE ANIMALS; MEDICAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEASON; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; SYNDROME; TIME; TREATMENT;

ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JELLYFISH; MARINE ANIMALS; MEDICAL DATABASE; PAIN; TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CORAL REEFS; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCYPHOZOA; SEASONS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871682991     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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