A Case of Lionfish Envenomation Presenting to an Inland Emergency Department

Lionfish envenomation can cause erythema, edema, necrosis, and severe pain at the exposed site. Treatment often includes supportive wound care, pain management, and hot water immersion. We report a case of lionfish exposure presenting to an inland emergency department treated successfully with these...

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Autores principales: Schult, Rachel F., Acquisto, Nicole M., Stair, Crystal K., Wiegand, Timothy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28884031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5893563
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Acquisto, Nicole M.
Stair, Crystal K.
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description Lionfish envenomation can cause erythema, edema, necrosis, and severe pain at the exposed site. Treatment often includes supportive wound care, pain management, and hot water immersion. We report a case of lionfish exposure presenting to an inland emergency department treated successfully with these measures.
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spelling pubmed-55726002017-09-07 A Case of Lionfish Envenomation Presenting to an Inland Emergency Department Schult, Rachel F. Acquisto, Nicole M. Stair, Crystal K. Wiegand, Timothy J. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Lionfish envenomation can cause erythema, edema, necrosis, and severe pain at the exposed site. Treatment often includes supportive wound care, pain management, and hot water immersion. We report a case of lionfish exposure presenting to an inland emergency department treated successfully with these measures. Hindawi 2017 2017-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5572600/ /pubmed/28884031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5893563 Text en Copyright © 2017 Rachel F. Schult et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572600/
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