Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , August 2004

Fasciotomy worsens the amount of myonecrosis in a porcine model of crotaline envenomation

Received 25 September 2003 ,Revised 17 December 2003 ,Accepted 9 January 2004.

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☆ Author contributions: DAT and RFC conceived and designed the study. DAT, DCD, and RFC performed the study. GAG performed the histologic analysis of the biopsies. DAT managed the data. RHR and DAT analyzed the data. DAT drafted the manuscript and takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

☆☆ Available online May 28, 2004.

★ Presented at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, Chicago, IL, September 2003.

★★ Supported by a grant from the Clinical Investigation Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and an unrestricted donation of FabAV from Protherics Inc., Nashville, TN.

♢ Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)00057-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.01.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , August 2004

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