Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 603-608 , June 2005

Pressure-Immobilization Bandages Delay Toxicity in a Porcine Model of Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius fulvius) Envenomation

  • Benjamin T. German, MD
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  • Jason B. Hack, MD
    • ,
  • Kori Brewer, PhD
    • ,
  • William J. Meggs, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: William J. Meggs, MD, PhD, Division of Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27858; 252-744-2954, fax 252-744-3589

Received 9 July 2004 ,Revised 8 November 2004 ,Accepted 29 November 2004.

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 Author contributions: BTG, KB, JBH, and WJM were involved in the design of the study, working in the laboratory, and preparation of the manuscript. BTG, WJM, and KB were involved in ordering materials. KB was involved in the statistical analysis. WJM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This study was funded by the Emergency Medicine Residents Research Fund at the Brody School of Medicine Medical Foundation.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)01741-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.11.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 603-608 , June 2005

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