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Failure of electric shock treatment for rattlesnake envenomation

✍ Scribed by Richard C Dart; Richard A Gustafson

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
590 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
1097-6760

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✦ Synopsis

The use of high-voltage electric shock therapy for the treatment of snake venom poisoning has recently gained popularity in the United States. We present a case that documents the dangerous, ineffective application of electric shock to the face of a patient envenomated by a Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis lutosus). The successful use of antivenin in this critically ill, antivenin-allergic patient is described.

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