A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of antivenom for local effects of green pit viper bites

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 879-884

  Rojnuckarin, Ponlapat ^a   Chanthawibun, Walee ^a   Noiphrom, Jureeporn ^b   Pakmanee, Narumol ^b   Intragumtornchai, Tanin ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Crotalid venoms; Oedema; Snakebite; Thailand; Trimeresurus albolabris

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB SWELLING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CROTALID VENOMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDEMA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMERESURUS;

CRYPTELYTROPS ALBOLABRIS; EQUIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33745739324     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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