Snake Bites - Drug therapy
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Envenomations: an overview of clinical toxinology for the primary care physician.

13 Oct 2009 About 4,000 to 6,000 venomous snakebites occur each year in the United States. Although these envenomations (also known as envenomings) are rarely fatal, about 70 percent require antivenom therapy. Few evidence-based guidelines are available for the ... Read more...

Computer-aided drug design of novel PLA2 inhibitor candidates for treatment of snakebite.

30 Jul 2009 Phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)) are enzymes commonly found in snake venoms from Viperidae and Elaphidae families, which are major components thereof. Many plants are used in traditional medicine as active agents against various effects induced by ... Read more...

Recurrent coagulopathy with delayed significant bleeding after crotaline envenomation.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: Report of delayed significant coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding after Crotaline envenomation. METHODS: Recurrent coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia have been described after treatment of Crotaline envenomation with Crotalidae ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Snake Bites - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Envenomations: an overview of clinical toxinology for the primary care physician. 13 Oct 2009
• Computer-aided drug design of novel PLA2 inhibitor candidates for treatment of snakebite. 30 Jul 2009
• Recurrent coagulopathy with delayed significant bleeding after crotaline envenomation. 29 Jun 2009
• Subcutaneous crotaline Fab administration in a model of rattlesnake envenomation. 29 Jun 2009
• Crotaline Fab antivenom appears to be effective in cases of severe North American pit viper envenomation: an integrative review. 20 Jun 2009
• Treatment with an anti-inflammatory drug is detrimental for muscle regeneration at Bothrops jararacussu envenoming: an experimental study. 14 Apr 2009
• Venomous spiders, snakes, and scorpions in the United States. 30 Mar 2009
• Anti-hemorrhagic activity of four Brazilian vegetable species against Bothrops jararaca venom. 7 Mar 2009
• Snake venomics and antivenomics: Proteomic tools in the design and control of antivenoms for the treatment of snakebite envenoming. 19 Jan 2009
• Subcutaneous Crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model. 30 Dec 2008
• Snakebite envenomation and death in the developing world. 30 Dec 2008
• The global snakebite crisis--a public health issue misunderstood, not neglected. 30 Dec 2008
• Differences in clinical profiles of patients with Protobothrops mucrosquamatus and Viridovipera stejnegeri envenoming in Taiwan. 30 Dec 2008
• Reptile bite in pregnancy. 29 Nov 2008
• [Report of the 3rd International Conference on Envenomations in Africa] 29 Nov 2008
• The role of prednisolone in reducing limb oedema in children bitten by green pit vipers: a randomized, controlled trial. 29 Sep 2008
• Retrospective review of snake bite victims. 30 Aug 2008
• Distinctive epidemiologic and clinical features of common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) bites in Sri Lanka. 30 Aug 2008
• Envenoming after carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) bite during pregnancy: timely use of effective antivenom improves maternal and foetal outcomes. 6 Jul 2008
• Pediatric snakebites: lessons learned from 114 cases. 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Snake Bites'

Definition: Bites by snakes. The condition of having been bitten by a venomous snake, characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)

Descriptor UI: D012909

Alternative terms: Snake Bites; Bite, Snake; Bites, Snake; Snake Bite; Snake Envenomation; Envenomation, Snake; Envenomations, Snake; Snake Envenomations;

Related Mesh Headings: Antivenins; Snake Venoms;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.613.127.722;

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific available snake family or genus (IM); ther with antivenins is /ther, not /drug ther