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4154124

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5942
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Echis carinatus is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality from snake bite in Nigeria and in many other parts of the world. Forty-six patients with systemic poisoning by this snake were given echis antivenom made either by the South African Institute for Medical Research (S.A.I.M.R.) or by Behringwerke (North and West African polyvalent antivenom). A simple test of blood coagulability was used to assess whether an adequate neutralizing dose of antivenom had been given. An average of 15.2 ml S.A.I.M.R. antivenom restored normal coagulability permanently in all 23 patients in one group, but in the other group receiving an average dose of 37.9 ml Behringwerke antivenom normal clotting resulted in only 18 out of 23 patients. Local tissue swelling was similar in both groups, but local necrosis occurred in three patients treated with Behringwerke antivenom and in none given S.A.I.M.R. antivenom.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0007-1447
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
437-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1974
pubmed:articleTitle
Bites by the saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis carinatus): trial of two specific antivenoms.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial