Clotting factor replacement and recovery from snake venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1532-1538

  Brown, Simon G A ^a,b,d   Caruso, Ngaire ^b   Borland, Meredith L ^c   McCoubrie, David L ^d   Celenza, Antonio ^a,e   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Cryoprecipitate; Envenoming; Fresh frozen plasma; Snake

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949213610     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1556-7     Document Type: Article

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