Acute Hypersensitivity Reactions Associated With Administration of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab Antivenom

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-411

  Cannon, Robert ^a   Ruha, Anne Michelle ^a,b   Kashani, John ^c  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIVENIN CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CROFAB; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROXYZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PETHIDINE; PREDNISONE; PROMETHAZINE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 40949123862     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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