A randomized double-blind clinical trial of two antivenoms in patients bitten by Bothrops atrox in Colombia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 696-700

  Otero, R ^a,h   Gutierrez J M ^b   Nunez V ^a   Robles, A ^b   Estrada, R ^b   Segura, E ^b   Toro, M F ^a   Garcia M E ^a   Diaz A ^a   Ramirez E C ^c   Gomez G ^d   Castaneda J ^e   Moreno, M E ^e   Canadas R ^f   Bernal, E ^f   De Leon P ^f   Vanegas, I ^f   Gonzalez G ^f   Huertas, M ^f   Agudelo, M ^f   Davila M E ^f   Lara, M ^c   Diaz L E ^c   Giraldo, M E ^c   Guerrero, J P ^d   Cardona, C ^d   Romero, D ^d   Aguirre, A ^d   Echeverri, M L ^g   Palacio, J D ^g   Osorio, R G ^a   Del Valle, G ^a   Valderrama, R ^a   Cardenas S Y ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Caucasia (Antioquia)   (Colombia)

^d Hospital La Cruz   (Colombia)

^e Hospital San Francisco de Asís   (Colombia)

^f Hospital San Francisco de Asis   (Colombia)

^g Direccion Seccional de Salud de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^h Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Bothrops atrox; Colombia; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SNAKEBITE; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

EID: 8044224042     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90442-3     Document Type: Article

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