Safety and Efficacy of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab in Pediatric Crotaline Envenomations

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-376

  Pizon, Anthony F ^a   Riley, Bradley D ^a   LoVecchio, Frank ^a   Gill, Ruqayya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antivenom; children; Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab; crotaline envenomations

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FASCIOTOMY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947533126     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.10.095     Document Type: Article

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