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AN UNUSUAL SNAKE BITE STORY
Author(s) -
Gaynor Brian
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb114547.x
Subject(s) - antivenom , envenomation , snake bites , medicine , promethazine , tiger , venom , surgery , biology , anesthesia , ecology , computer security , computer science
The case is reported of a seven‐year‐old girl who was bitten by a tiger snake and sustained severe liver, skeletal muscle and myocardial muscle damage as a result of envenomation. She recovered after treatment with polyvalent snake bite antivenom preceded by promethazine.