Rattlesnake envenomation with neurotoxicity refractory to treatment with crotaline Fab antivenom

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 472-475

  Richardson, William H ^a   Goto, Collin S ^b   Gutglass, David J ^c   Williams, Saralyn R ^d   Clark, Richard F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotaline; Envenomation; Neurotoxicity; Snake

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB ANTIVENOM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; SALBUTAMOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECURONIUM; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ENVENOMATION; FACE; FASCICULATION; FINGER; FOREARM; HAND; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; THENAR; TONGUE; TRUNK; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; FASCICULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 34248598218     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701338187     Document Type: Article

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