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Abstract
Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
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- Snakebites
- Bite, Snake
- Snake Bite
- Snakebite
- Envenomation, Snakebite
- Snake Envenomation
- Snake Envenoming
- Snakebite Envenoming
- Envenomation, Snake
- Envenoming, Snake
- Envenoming, Snakebite
- Snake Envenomations
- Snake Envenomings
- Snakebite Envenomation
- Snakebite Envenomations
- Snakebite Envenomings
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Coordinate IM with specific snake family or genus (IM); therapy with antivenins is /ther, not /drug ther
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Snake Bites. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012909. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012909
- Snake Bites. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakebite
- Snake Bites. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68854