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Crotaline snake bite in the Ecuadorian Amazon: randomised double blind comparative trial of three South American polyspecific antivenoms
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Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of three polyspecific antivenoms for bites from pit vipers. Design: Randomised double blind comparative trial of three antivenoms. Setting: Shell, Pastaza, southeastern Ecuador. Participants: 210 patients with incoagulable blood were recruited from 221 consecutive patients admitted with snake bite between January 1997 and December 2001. Intervention: One of three antivenoms manufactured in Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador, chosen for their preclinica...
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- Journal:
- BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Volume:
- 329
- Issue:
- 7475
- Pages:
- 1129-1133
- Publication date:
- 2004-11-13
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- ISSN:
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0959-535X
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pubs:61237
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- 2004
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