Antivenom serotherapy and volume resuscitation partially improve peripheral organ ischemia in dogs injected with scorpion venom

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Tarasiuk, Ariel ^a,b   Menascu, Shay ^a,b   Sofer, Shaul ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Blood pressure; Cardiac output; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PERFUSION; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH MUCOSA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ISCHEMIA; VASCULARIZATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; SCORPIONES;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DOGS; FLUID THERAPY; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISCHEMIA; RESUSCITATION; SCORPION VENOMS;

EID: 0141655208     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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