The effect of adjunctive fresh frozen plasma administration on coagulation parameters and survival in a canine model of antivenom-treated Brown Snake envenoming

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Jelinek, G A ^a   Smith, A ^b   Lynch, D ^a   Celenza, A ^a   Irving, I ^c   Michalopoulos, N ^d   Erber, W ^d   Joske, D J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Venom, Envenoming: snake, coagulopathy, defibrination, antivenom

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; ANAMAV; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HALOTHANE; OXYGEN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKEBITE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 14244264992     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300106     Document Type: Article

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