Results 21 to 30 of about 2,522 (173)

Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenomings

Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets, 2011
Animal-derived antivenoms constitute the mainstay in the therapy of snakebite envenoming. Antivenoms are manufactured by immunizing animals, usually horses, with venoms from a single or several medically-relevant snake species. Antivenoms are constituted by either whole IgG molecules or the immunoglobulin fragments F(ab')₂ and Fab, obtained by ...
Gutiérrez, José María, León Montero, Guillermo, Lomonte, Bruno, Angulo Ugalde, Yamileth   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury Following Snakebite Envenomation in Qena Governorate. [PDF]

Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology Journal
Background: Snakebite envenomation continues to represent a significant health burden in many tropical and subtropical areas. Among its systemic complications, acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most severe and is strongly linked to unfavorable ...
Mohammed Abdel Ati, Mariam Abd El Azim, Yousry Sharkawy, Mohammed Mohhammed, Palkis Mohammed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Snakebite Envenoming in Intensive Care [PDF]

Prague Medical Report, 2016
Snakebites by exotic venomous snakes can cause serious or even life-threatening envenoming. In Europe and North America most victims are breeders, with a few snakebites from wild native American rattlesnakes. The envenomed victims may present in organ and/or system failure with muscle paralysis, respiratory failure, circulatory instability, acute ...
Jiří Valenta, Zdeněk Stach, Pavel Michálek   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as an early diagnostic biomarker of acute kidney injury in snake bite

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2019
Background: Snakebite envenomation is a major public health problem in the developing world, and the effects of viper envenomation on renal tissues leading to acute kidney injury (AKI) are well known.
Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Namasivayam Elangovan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuroparalytic snake bite masquerading as acute abdominal pain in children

Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2023
Background: Neurotoxic snakebite (usually by the krait) presents with abdominal colic and chest pain as a common premonitory sign of envenomation. Being a nocturnal snake, the time of unprovoked painless biting is usually at night and the victims are ...
Bindu Deopa, Deeksha Kumari Choudhary, Preeti Sehrawat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous Intracerebral Bleed Post Snake Envenomation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Snakebite envenomation is a commonly encountered emergency in tropical countries with potentially fatal complications. Life threatening neurosurgical complications are rare and infrequently documented in literature.
Girish Menon, Lakshman I Kongwad, Rajesh Parameshwaran Nair, Anmol Nagaraj Gowda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

FabAV antivenin use after copperhead snakebite: clinically indicated or knee-jerk reaction?

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) (FabAV) antivenin is commonly recommended after pit viper snakebites. Because copperhead envenomations are usually self-limited, some physicians are reluctant to use this costly treatment routinely ...
Stephen C. Gale, Jo Ann Peters, LaDonna Allen, Robert Creath, Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of fourteen cases of snake bite envenomation admitted in ICU of a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh : A retrospective observational study [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
Background: Effective management strategies for snake envenomation are critical for reducing the morbidity and mortality as treatment gaps, delays, and reliance on traditional healers frequently exacerbate outcomes.
AKM Rahman, Mohammad Salim, Saifullah Kafi, Abu Saleh, MD Rashid, Tania Eva, Imrana Ali, Mohammad Faruq   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delayed Recognition of Severe Systemic Envenomation after Copperhead Bite: A Case Report

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: We report a case of severe systemic copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, envenomation that resulted in long-term sequelae. Case Report: A 72-year-old man presented to the emergency department after suffering a copperhead snakebite.
Patrick E. Kelly, Charles J. Gerardo
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability to snakebite envenoming: a global mapping of hotspots [PDF]

The Lancet, 2018
Snakebite envenoming is a frequently overlooked cause of mortality and morbidity. Data for snake ecology and existing snakebite interventions are scarce, limiting accurate burden estimation initiatives. Low global awareness stunts new interventions, adequate health resources, and available health care.
Longbottom, Joshua, Shearer, Freya M, Devine, Maria, Alcoba, Gabriel, Chappuis, François, Weiss, Daniel J, Ray, Sarah E, Ray, Nicolas, Warrell, David A, Ruiz De Castaneda, Rafael Luis, Williams, David J, Hay, Simon I, Pigott, David M   +12 more
openaire   +8 more sources