TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of snake, insect, scorpion, and spider bites in the pediatric emergency department
AU - Holve, Steve
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Most people seem to have a visceral fear of snakes, spiders, scorpions, and insects out of proportion to the actual danger they pose. The vast majority of bites and stings cause little more than local pain and never require medical attention. Nevertheless, physicians who work in the emergency department must be prepared to treat the few patients who present with anaphylactic reactions to Hymenoptera stings, as well as to recognize and treat those rare individuals who receive severe envenomation from poisonous snakes, spiders, or scorpions.
AB - Most people seem to have a visceral fear of snakes, spiders, scorpions, and insects out of proportion to the actual danger they pose. The vast majority of bites and stings cause little more than local pain and never require medical attention. Nevertheless, physicians who work in the emergency department must be prepared to treat the few patients who present with anaphylactic reactions to Hymenoptera stings, as well as to recognize and treat those rare individuals who receive severe envenomation from poisonous snakes, spiders, or scorpions.
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U2 - 10.1097/00008480-199606000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00008480-199606000-00012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8814404
AN - SCOPUS:0029902005
SN - 1040-8703
VL - 8
SP - 256
EP - 260
JO - Current opinion in pediatrics
JF - Current opinion in pediatrics
IS - 3
ER -