A double-blind, randomized trial of intravenous versus intramuscular antivenom for Red-back spider envenoming

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-156

  Ellis, Rodney M ^a,b   Sprivulis, Peter C ^a   Jelinek, George A ^c,d,h   Banham, Neil D G ^a,b   Wood, Simon V ^e   Wilkes, Carry J ^f,g   Siegmund, Andrew ^d   Roberts, Brigit L ^d  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Rockingham/Kwinana District Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Emergency Medicine   (Australia)

^f Bunbury Regional Hospital   (Australia)

^g EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Arachnidism; Latrodectism; Red back spider; Spider bites; Spider venoms

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844398481     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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