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King cobra bite – Can early decompression prevent digital amputation?

King cobra bites are extremely rare in the western world. These bites can be fatal due to the large volume of the venom injected. We report a case of digital ischaemia from a King cobra bite in a young man who was working in a zoo in Netherlands. He was protected from systemic envenomation as he was...

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Autores principales: Imran, Rizwana, Vanat, Qureish, Hausien, Omar, Jose, Rajive
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33299920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2020.11.004