Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 181-186 , February 2004

Suction for venomous snakebite: A study of “mock venom” extraction in a human model

  • Michael B Alberts, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Michael B. Alberts, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno, 445 South Cedar Avenue, Fresno, CA 93702; 559-459-5105, fax 559-459-3844
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  • Marc Shalit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, USA
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  • Fred LoGalbo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Community Medical Center of Central California, Fresno, CA, USA

Received 7 March 2003 ,Revised 28 July 2003 ,Accepted 4 August 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: MBA conceived the study, design, and research. MS supervised the study, data collection, trials, and modification of the study. FL participated strictly as a radiologist to inject radioactive isotope and operate the Diacam scanner. MBA and MS maintained the data and quality control. MBA drafted the manuscript, and MS oversaw the revisions. MBA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Abstract presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2000.The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00813-8

doi: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00813-8

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 181-186 , February 2004

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