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Does the traditional snakebite severity score correctly classify envenomated patients? [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016
Objective This study aims to help set domestic guidelines for administration of antivenom to envenomated patients after snakebites. Methods This retrospective observational case series comprised 128 patients with snake envenomation.
Seungho Kang, Jeongmi Moon, Byeongjo Chun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Indian Polyvalent Antivenom in the Prevention and Reversal of Local Myotoxicity Induced by Common Cobra (Naja naja) Venom from Sri Lanka In Vitro

Toxins, 2021
Bites by many Asiatic and African cobras (Genus: Naja) cause severe local dermonecrosis and myonecrosis, resulting in permanent disabilities. We studied the time scale in which two Indian polyvalent antivenoms, VINS and Bharat, remain capable of ...
Umesha Madhushani, Prabhani Thakshila, W. Hodgson, G. Isbister, Anjana Silva   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2023

Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 553-569, May 2025.
Abstract Objective The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) highlights the highest‐quality research addressing emergency care in resource‐limited settings (ECRLS). This 18th edition reviews global emergency medicine (GEM) literature published during 2023.
Braden J. Hexom, Nana Serwaa A. Quao, N. Shakira Bandolin, Joseph Bonney, Morgan C. Broccoli, Amanda Collier, Nanaba A. Dawson‐Amoah, Jonathan Dyal, Vinay Kampalath, J. Austin Lee, Chris A. Rees, Gabriel Lucca de Oliveira Salvador, Jonathan M. Strong, Sean M. Kivlehan, on behalf of the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group, Zainab Ahmed, Kimonia Bih Awanchiri, N. Shakira Bandolin, Emily Bartlett, Nidhi Bhaskar, Corey B. Bills, Joseph Bonney, Morgan C. Broccoli, Whitney K. Bryant, Agatha Brzezinski, Jonathan Chan, Emily Chien, Joseph D. Ciano, Cassandra Clay, Emily Cloessner, Amanda Collier, Emma Cortes, Nanaba A. Dawson‐Amoah, Jonathan W. Dyal, Stephanie Chow Garbern, Reid Haflich, Mohamed F. Hassan, Alison S. Hayward, Braden J. Hexom, Keanoo C. Hill, Anneka Hooft, Jennifer E. Jones, Vinay N. Kampalath, Elizabeth M Keating, Sean M. Kivlehan, Colleen E. Laurence, Joseph Leanza, J. Austin Lee, Gideon Loevinsohn, Rmaah Memon, Mwanja Moses, Dana Naamani, Benjamin D. Nicholson, Hannah Ofosua Owusu, Gerard M. O’Reilly, Mayur Patel, Nana Serwaa A. Quao, Chris A. Rees, Pryanka Relan, Charlotte M. Roy, Megan M. Rybarczyk, Gabriel Lucca de Oliveira Salvador, Anand Selvam, Julia R. Schiff, Jessica Schmidt, Megan L. Schultz, Erin F Shufflebarger, Branden J. Skarpiak, Jonathan M. Strong, Janet Jebichii Sugut, Fadila Tekka, Alex H. Wang, W. Tyler Winders, Tal Berkowitz, Vijaya Arun Kumar, Mallika Manyapu, Daniel Roberts   +76 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snakebites: costing recombinant antivenoms [PDF]

Nature, 2016
Andreas H. Laustsen
openaire   +4 more sources

Antivenom shortage is not circumstantial but structural [PDF]

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015
Amazingly, although the shortage of antivenoms dates back to the 1990s, it is only now that this public health issue is being addressed. We have to thank Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who raised the alarm, even if their reasons are not those that explain the current situation. MSF’s objective was clearly to draw attention to a real problem—independent
/Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Habib, A. G.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Clinical Usefulness of Taiwan Bivalent Freeze-Dried Hemorrhagic Antivenom in Protobothrops mucrosquamatus- and Viridovipera stejnegeri-Envenomed Patients

Toxins, 2022
Snakebites from Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (Taiwan habus) and Viridovipera stejnegeri (green bamboo vipers) account for the most venomous snakebites in Taiwan.
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chia-Pang Shih, Chia-Cheng Wang, Chun-Hsiang Ouyang, Chien-Chun Liu, Jau-Song Yu, Chih-Hong Lo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

PLA2 Inhibitor Varespladib as an Alternative to the Antivenom Treatment for Bites from Nikolsky’s Viper Vipera berus nikolskii

Toxins, 2020
Although envenoming by a small East European species of viper is rarely severe, and only exceptionally fatal, lack of specific antivenom stocks in a few areas within this region and possible severe side effects of antivenom application leave most bites ...
O. Zinenko, Igor Tovstukha, Y. Korniyenko   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decoding the Chloroplast Genome of Bitterwood (Picrasma quassioides): Structure, Variability, and Evolutionary Relationships

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.
This study reports the complete chloroplast genome of Picrasma quassioides, revealing its quadripartite structure, 132 genes, and insights into the evolution of Simaroubaceae. We identified potential molecular markers for species identification, found evidence of selective pressures, and established a robust phylogenetic framework, thereby providing ...
Qin Liu, Huaxi Huang, Jinhang Lin, Fanglin Liu, Xuexue Wang, Rong Chen, Xiaoshan Geng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Accessibility Analysis of Snake Antivenom

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesTo analyze the spatial accessibility of antivenom immunizing agents equipped hospitals in Hainan Province.MethodsThis paper analyzes the spatial accessibility of medical institutions equipped with different types of snake antivenom using ...
Wenjie Hao, Lanfen He, Xingyue Song, Juntao Wang, Yanlan Hu, Yu Chen, Chuanzhu Lv, Shijiao Yan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Proteomics and antivenom immunoprofiling of Russell’s viper (Daboia siamensis) venoms from Thailand and Indonesia

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background The Eastern Russell’s viper, Daboia siamensis, is a WHO Category 1 medically important venomous snake. It has a wide but disjunct distribution in Southeast Asia. The specific antivenom, D.
Thava Malar Changra Lingam, K. Y. Tan, Choo Hock Tan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source