%0 Journal Article
%T Mortality, hospital admission, and healthcare cost due to injury from venomous and non-venomous animal encounters in the USA: 5-year analysis of the National Emergency Department Sample
%A Jared A Forrester
%A Joseph D Forrester
%A Kristan Staudenmayer
%A Lakshika Tennakoon
%J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open".
%D 2018
%R 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000250
%X Injuries due to encounters with animals can be serious, but are often discussed anecdotally or only for isolated types of encounters. We sought to characterize animal-related injuries presenting to US emergency departments (ED) to determine the impact of these types of injuries
%K animal attack
%K fatality
%K animal encounter
%K death
%K cost
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307625/