Antivenom Therapy for Crotaline Snakebites: Has the Poison Control Center Provided Effective Guidelines?
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Use of antivenom for snakebites reported to United States poison centers.
UNLABELLED In 2001, a new antivenin was introduced to the United States and became widely available in the snakebite season of 2002. We investigated what impact this may have had on snakebite treatment and medical outcome. METHOD The study used a retrospective review of all snakebites to humans reported to the National Poison Center Database System from 2000 to 2007. RESULTS During the 8 ye...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(08)60084-4