Citation

Fisher MM, Bowey CJ. Med. J. Aust. 1989; 150(12): 695-698.

Affiliation

Intensive Therapy Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW.

Comment In:

Med J Aust 4-18;151(11-12):724.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2733616

Abstract

Over a 12-year period, 61 patients were admitted to a metropolitan hospital on 67 occasions with envenomation from snakes, spiders, ticks or bees. We describe the epidemiology of the bites and the patient's response to treatment. First aid was used in only 50% of patients with potentially-lethal bites. All patients who developed severe envenomation showed symptoms within 30 minutes, and all patients survived.

Language: en