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Envenomations
F G Walter1, E F Bilden, R L Gibly
1Section of Medical Toxicology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA. frank@aemrc.arizona.edu
Critical Care Clinics
|May 20, 1999
Abstract:
Envenomations are uncommon, challenging causes of critical care admissions. This article describes the diagnosis and treatment of envenomations that cause the most critical care admissions in the United States. Most are caused by the following animals: rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, coral snakes, brown recluse spiders, and bark scorpions.