Journal article
Bites by puff-adder (Bitis arietans) in Nigeria, and value of antivenom.
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Ten patients bitten by the puff-adder (Bitis arietans) were studied in the North of Nigeria. Six showed severe local signs, and four also had evidence of systemic envenoming, including spontaneous bleeding with thrombocytopenia, hypotension, and bradycardia. Two patients died after developing circulatory collapse and renal failure. Antivenom and intravenous fluid restored blood pressure in two hypotensive patients, and antivenom probably prevented the development of local necrosis in four oth...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- British medical journal
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 5998
- Pages:
- 697-700
- Publication date:
- 1975-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-5833
- ISSN:
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0007-1447
- Source identifiers:
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60996
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:60996
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uuid:23f817b1-a1cd-46f6-b7f0-4066290879fd
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- pubs:60996
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1975
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