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Antivenom availability, delays and use in Australia

Toxicon: X, 2023
Antivenom is the main treatment for snake envenoming and there are ongoing concerns about availability in resource poor regions of the world. However, effective antivenom treatment for snake envenoming requires more than improved availability of safe and
Geoffrey K. Isbister
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Antivenom for snake venom-induced neuromuscular paralysis [PDF]

, 2017
To assess the effects of antivenom on neuromuscular paralysis in people with neurotoxic snake envenoming.
Maduwage, Kalana, de Silva, H. Janaka, Isbister, Geoffrey K., Lalloo, David; id_orcid, Anjana Silva, David G Lalloo, H Janaka de Silva, Kalana Maduwage, Silva, Anjana, Geoffrey K Isbister, Nick A Buckley, Buckley, Nick A.   +11 more
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Odds of myotoxicity following red-bellied black snake envenomation in patients that received early antivenom and late/no antivenom treatment. [PDF]

, 2021
Odds of myotoxicity following red-bellied black snake envenomation in patients that received early antivenom and late/no antivenom treatment.
Geoffrey K. Isbister (8281572), Suchaya Sanhajariya (4810434), Stephen B. Duffull (10577008)   +2 more
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Allergic reactions to antivenom in a patient bitten twice by the same snake within a month: A rare case report and literature review

Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2017
Antivenom is the most effective method currently available for the treatment of poisonous snake bite. Allergic reactions to antivenom have been reported in the past.
Fan-Jie Zeng, Cong Chen, Ming-Hua Liu
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Population Pharmacokinetics of an Indian F(ab')2 Snake Antivenom in Patients with Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Bites. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
There is limited information on antivenom pharmacokinetics. This study aimed to investigate the pharmacokinetics of an Indian snake antivenom in humans with Russell's viper bites.Patient data and serial blood samples were collected from patients with ...
Geoffrey K Isbister, Kalana Maduwage, Ana Saiao, Nicholas A Buckley, Shaluka F Jayamanne, Shahmy Seyed, Fahim Mohamed, Umesh Chathuranga, Alexandre Mendes, Chandana Abeysinghe, Harindra Karunathilake, Indika Gawarammana, David G Lalloo, H Janaka de Silva   +13 more
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Mathematical Model of In-host Dynamics of Snakebite Envenoming

Journal of Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, 2022
In this paper, we develop an in-host mathematical model of snakebite envenoming that includes tissue, red blood and platelet cells of humans as specific targets of different kinds of toxins in the snake venom.
S. A. Abdullahi, N. Hussaini, A. G. Habib   +2 more
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An Examination of the Neutralization of In Vitro Toxicity of Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) Venom by Different Antivenoms

Biomedicines, 2020
The Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) is an elapid snake of major medical importance in southern China. We describe the in vitro neurotoxic, myotoxic, and cytotoxic effects of N.
Qing Liang, Tam Minh Huynh, Nicki Konstantakopoulos, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +4 more
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Interventions for preventing reactions to snake antivenom [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1999
Antivenom is used to neutralise snake bite toxins in people showing evidence of envenomation. It is made from animal sera, and adverse effects, including life threatening anaphylaxis, are common.To assess the effects of drugs given routinely with snake antivenom to prevent adverse effects.Cochrane controlled trials register; contact with researchers in
I, Nuchpraryoon, P, Garner
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Snake Bite Management: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. Around the world, snake bite envenomation remains an underreported human health hazard. Envenomation can cause local and systemic complications, especially when there is a lack of antivenom availability.
Jeffrey J. Russell, Anna Schoenbrunner, MD, Jeffrey E. Janis, MD   +2 more
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Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening ...
Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
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