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One Bite, Two Severe Envenomations Despite Antivenom Therapy: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT This case report describes a 12‐year‐old child who was bitten by a cobra and developed two distinct systemic neurotoxic episodes, 19 h apart, along with severe local envenoming, despite receiving appropriate treatment with antivenom and making a full recovery.
Shukla R, Shrestha P, Khanal B, Paudyal S, Regmi B.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Applying Ensemble Ecological Niche Modeling to Identify High Risk Areas for Scorpions' Sting. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In this study, we used ecological niche models to map the distribution of eight of the most dangerous scorpion species to quantify sting risk across Iran. We identified the areas where people are most vulnerable to scorpion stings based on exposure to scorpions and limited accessibility to healthcare centers.
Kafash A, Bojd AAH, Pintor A, Grünig M, Yousefi M, Hassanpour G.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Immune response to snake envenoming and treatment with antivenom; complement activation, cytokine production and mast cell degranulation. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BACKGROUND: Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities worldwide. In addition to the clinical effects of envenoming, treatment with antivenom frequently causes serious adverse reactions, including ...
Shelley F Stone, Geoffrey K Isbister, Seyed Shahmy, Fahim Mohamed, Chandana Abeysinghe, Harendra Karunathilake, Ariaranee Ariaratnam, Tamara E Jacoby-Alner, Claire L Cotterell, Simon G A Brown   +9 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Snake antivenom for snake venom induced consumption coagulopathy [PDF]

, 2014
Background Snake venom induced consumption coagulopathy is a major systemic effect of envenoming. Observational studies suggest that antivenom improves outcomes for venom induced consumption coagulopathy in some snakebites and not others. However, the
Kalana Maduwage, Nicholas A. Buckley, H Janaka de Silva, David G. Lalloo, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +4 more
openalex   +4 more sources

Presentation and management of snakebite envenomation at a District Hospital in the north-east of South Africa [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background: Snakebites have been recognised as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization and remain a potentially preventable cause of morbidity around the world, particularly in Africa.
Matamba Jean Benoit Kabeya, Darryl Wood, Peter Hodkinson   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Low-dose adrenaline, promethazine, and hydrocortisone in the prevention of acute adverse reactions to antivenom following snakebite: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

PLoS Medicine, 2011
BackgroundEnvenoming from snakebites is most effectively treated by antivenom. However, the antivenom available in South Asian countries commonly causes acute allergic reactions, anaphylactic reactions being particularly serious.
H Asita de Silva, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Channa D Ranasinha, Shaluka Jayamanne, Senarath B Samarakoon, Ariyasena Hittharage, Ranjith Kalupahana, G Asoka Ratnatilaka, Wimalasiri Uluwatthage, Jeffrey K Aronson, Jane M Armitage, David G Lalloo, H Janaka de Silva   +12 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Background Snakebite poisoning is a significant medical problem in agricultural societies in Sub Saharan Africa. Antivenom (AV) is the standard treatment, and we assessed the cost-effectiveness of making it available in 16 countries in West Africa ...
Muhammad Hamza, Maryam Idris, Musa Baba Maiyaki, Mohammed Lamorde, Jean‐Philippe Chippaux, David A. Warrell, Andreas Kuznik, Abdulrazaq G. Habib   +7 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Comparison of F(ab’)₂versus Fab antivenom for pit viper envenomation: A prospective, blinded, multicenter, randomized clinical trial [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) has been the only antivenom commercially available in the US since 2007 for treatment of Crotalinae envenomation.
Sean P. Bush, Anne-Michelle Ruha, Steven A. Seifert, David L. Morgan, Brandon Lewis, Thomas Arnold, Richard F. Clark, William J. Meggs, Eric A. Toschlog, Stephen W. Borron, Gary R. Figge, Dawn R. Sollee, Farshad M. Shirazi, Robert Wołk, Ives de Chazal, Dan Quan, Walter García-Ubbelohde, Alejandro Alagón, Richard Gerkin, Leslie Boyer   +19 more
openalex   +5 more sources

Echis carinatus Snakebite, a Rare Fatal Envenomation Incident in a Young Pakistani Boy: Case Report [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Prompt identification and aggressive intervention in Echis carinatus envenomation are paramount to avert life‐threatening complications such as venom‐induced consumptive coagulopathy (VICC), acute renal failure (ARF), and necrotizing fasciitis.
Siddiqui F, Siddiqui A, Maheshwari K, Mehmood K, Kumar J, Siddiqui N, Khan M, Javed S, Jlailati A.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Antivenom for scorpion sting [PDF]

The Lancet, 2000
Lourival D. Possani
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