Envenoming by Bothrops jararaca in Brazil: association between venom antigenaemia and severity at admission to hospital.

Journal article

The association between the clinical severity of Bothrops jararaca envenoming at admission and serum venom and plasma fibrinogen concentrations before antivenom administration is reported in 137 patients admitted to Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, between 1989 and 1990. Other variables such as age, gender, site of the bite, use of tourniquet and the time interval between the bite and start of antivenom therapy, spontaneous systemic bleeding, and the 20 minute who...

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Authors: França, F; Barbaro, K; Fan, H; Cardoso, J; Sano-Martins, I

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 312-317
• Publication date: 2003-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90158-1
• EISSN: 1878-3503
• ISSN: 0035-9203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Severity of Illness Index; Adolescent; Hospitalization; Bothrops; Crotalid Venoms; Blood Coagulation; Child; Aged; Antigens; Antivenins; Humans; Butantan Institute Antivenom Study Group; Female; Middle Aged; Fibrinogen; Risk Factors; Snake Bites; Adult; Male