Bites and Stings
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Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC. Forbes McGain, MB BS, DipObs, Honorary Fellow; Ken D Winkel, MB BS, PhD, FACTM, Director. Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby, NCD, PNG. Aaron Limbo, MB BS, DipAnaesth, Registrar. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD. David J Williams, BSc, Postgraduate Student. Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Madang General Hospital, Madang, PNG. Gertrude Didei, MB BS, DipAnaesth, Anaesthetist. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Dr K D Winkel, Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/ 12 687-691 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Bites and stings larly acute in the Indo-Pacific region. Detailed studies of the problems of snakebite in PNG were last carried out a decade ago; however, such investigations were generally restricted to patients receiving antivenom were not specifically focused on mortality. evide 31 D Outc timin Resu (ICU) ICU p
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