Exchange transfusion in the treatment of Russell's viper bite.
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Exchange transfusion in the treatment of Russell's viper bite.
Case report G.T., a 22-year-old male student was bitten by a Russell's viper at about 08.00 hours on 30 August 1968. He was admitted to a local hospital 3 hr after the bite. Within 1 hr of admission he showed all signs of severe toxaemia, as evidenced by pain and swelling in the region of the bite, frank haemoglobinuria and characteristic neurological signs. He was admitted under our care at th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.45.527.627