Crotaline Fab antivenom appears to be effective in cases of severe North American pit viper envenomation: An integrative review

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lavonas, Eric J ^a   Schaeffer, Tammi H ^a   Kokko, Jamie ^a   Mlynarchek, Sara L ^a   Bogdan, Gregory M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIMB PAIN; LIMB SWELLING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROTOXICITY; SNAKEBITE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SNAKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROTALID VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNAKE BITES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPERIDAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249149223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-9-13     Document Type: Article

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