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https://dora.health.qld.gov.au/qldresearchjspui/handle/1/1511| Title: | Fatal envenomation by jellyfish causing Irukandji syndrome | Authors: | Fenner, Peter J Hadok, John C |
Issue Date: | 7-Oct-2002 | Publisher: | Australasian Medical Publishing Co | Source: | Fenner, P. J., & Hadok, J. C. (2002). Fatal envenomation by jellyfish causing Irukandji syndrome. The Medical Journal of Australia, 177(7), 362–363. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04838.x | Journal: | The Medical journal of Australia | Abstract: | We report the first of two recent deaths from Irukandji syndrome. A 58-year-old male tourist was stung on the face and chest by an unidentified jellyfish in shallow water off the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland. He developed muscle cramps, sweating, anxiety, nausea and hypertension, and died 30 hours later from intracerebral haemorrhage. | DOI: | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04838.x | Keywords: | Scyphozoa*;Arrhythmias, Cardiac/*etiology;Bites and Stings/*complications;Cerebral Hemorrhage/*etiology;Cnidarian Venoms/*adverse effects;Hypertension/*etiology;Fatal Outcome | Type: | Article |
| Appears in Sites: | Mackay HHS Publications |
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