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Anti-snake venom: use and adverse reaction in a snake bite study clinic in Bangladesh
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Autores: Amin,MR; Mamun,SMH; Rashid,R; Rahman,M; Ghose,A; Sharmin,S; Rahman,MR; Faiz,MA.
Snakebites can present local or systemic envenomation, while neurotoxicity and respiratory paralysis are the main cause of death. The mainstay of management is anti-snake venom (ASV), which is highly effective, but liable to cause severe adverse reactions including anaphylaxis. The types of adverse reaction to polyvalent anti-snake venom have not been previously studied in Bangladesh. In this prospective observational study carried out between 1999 and 2001, in the Snake Bite Study Clinic of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, 35 neurotoxic-snake-bite patients who had received polyvalent anti-snake venom were included while the ones sensitized to different antitoxins and suffering from atopy were excluded. The common neurotoxic features were ptosis...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Snakebite; Anti-snake venom; Adverse reaction; Anaphylaxis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000400009