Crotaline snake bite in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Randomised double blind comparative trial of three South American polyspecific antivenoms

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7475, 2004, Pages 1129-1133

  Smalligan, Roger ^a   Cole, Judy ^a   Brito, Narcissa ^a   Laing, Gavin D ^b   Mertz, Bruce L ^a   Manock, Steven ^a   Maudlin, Jeffrey ^a   Quist, Brad ^a   Holland, Gary ^a   Nelson, Stephen ^a   Lalloo, David G ^b   Rivadeneira, Gonzalo ^c   Barragan, Maria Elena ^d   Dolley, Daniel ^e   Eddleston, Michael ^e   Warrell, David A ^e,f   Theakston, R David G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health   (Ecuador)

^d Fund Herpetologica Gustavo Orces   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Dept of Trop Med and Infect Dis ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TRAMADOL; VIPER VENOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; ECUADOR; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SNAKEBITE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 8744224506     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1129     Document Type: Article

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