Severe Adverse Drug Reaction Following Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) Administration for Copperhead Snakebite

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-149

  Lepak, Maryjoy R ^a   Bochenek, Samantha H ^b   Bush, Sean P ^a,c  

^a VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse drug reaction; anaphylactic reaction; antivenom; copperhead; CroFab; Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; FIBRINOGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGED; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; ECCHYMOSIS; ENVENOMATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NARANJO SCORE; SNAKEBITE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONGUE EDEMA; URTICARIA; AGKISTRODON; ANGIOEDEMA; ANIMAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHEEP; SNAKE BITES;

AGED; AGKISTRODON; ANGIOEDEMA; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SHEEP; SNAKE BITES; URTICARIA;

EID: 84919622370     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014555711     Document Type: Article

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