title: Cobras.
abstract: Human encounters with cobras in Africa and Asia are common with substantial mortality and primarily respiratory paralysis in untreated cases. First aid includes maintaining calm, placing a lymphatic retardant on the bitten extremity, and transportation to a medical facility. Medical management is antivenin. Physiologic monitoring and the ability to manage the compromised airway are important.
authors: Division of Otolartngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Medical Center and Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego 92103-8895, USA.
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Davidson
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Schafer
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Killfoil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017815:Elapidae; D005392:First Aid / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins