A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a highly purified equine F(ab)2 antibody black widow spider antivenom

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 458-467

  Dart, Richard C ^a,b   Bogdan, Gregory ^a   Heard, Kennon ^a,b   Bartelson, Becki Bucher ^a   Garcia Ubbelohde, Walter ^c   Bush, Sean ^d   Arnold, Tom ^e   Clark, Richard C ^f   Hendey, Gregory W ^g   Holstege, Christopher ^h   Spradley, Elizabeth A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Instituto Bioclon SA de CV   (Mexico)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of California Fresno   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALATRO; FENTANYL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; PLACEBO; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INSECT BITE; LATRODECTUS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84876672034     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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