Safety of intravenous equine F(ab')2: Insights following clinical trials involving 1534 recipients of scorpion antivenom

Toxicon

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-393

  Boyer, Leslie ^a   Degan, Janice ^a   Ruha, Anne Michelle ^b   Mallie, Joanne ^a   Mangin, Emmanuelle ^a   Alagón, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Antivenom; Safety; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANASCORP; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; SCORPION VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; ENVENOMATION; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NAUSEA; PANIC; POISONOUS SCORPION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SERUM SICKNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

EQUIDAE; SCORPIONES;

ADVERSE EVENTS; ANTIVENOM; SAFETY; SCORPION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SCORPION STINGS; SERUM SICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889093473     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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