Low dose subcutaneous adrenaline to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom serum in people bitten by snakes: Randomised, placebo controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7190, 1999, Pages 1041-1043

  Premawardhena, A P ^a   De Silva, C E ^b   Fonseka, M M D ^a   Gunatilake, S B ^a   De Silva, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Base Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033577475     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7190.1041     Document Type: Article

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