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antivenin

[¦an·tē¦ven·ən]
(immunology)
An immune serum that neutralizes the venoms of certain poisonous snakes and black widow spiders.
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An official at PIMS pharmacy who did not want to be named said the hospital was running out of anti-rabies and antivenin drugs and permission to allow life-saving drugs' import will greatly benefit patients.
Pakistan lifts ban on import of life-saving drugs from India
So far we have registered two antivenins which are very effective," noted Dr Matendechero.
Locals believe that snakebites are due to witchcraft
Retrospection and prospection for manufacturing of snake antivenins in Taiwan.
Descriptive study of snakebite patients in Northern Taiwan: 2009 to 2016
It should be considered that antivenin treatment can be more hazardous than the snake poison itself (8).
History of Snakebite Envenomation Treatment and Contribution of Turkey to Global Antivenom Production
The treatment of black widow spider envenomation involves local wound care, symptomatic treatment that includes benzodiazepine and opioids, and the delivery of the toxin's antidote antivenin to patients that present with systemic findings (8).
Black Widow Spider Envenomation with Elevated Troponin I Levels
He had been treated with 26 doses of antivenin. Doctors told her a normal bite is usually treated with two to four doses.
A Texas man decapitated a rattlesnake. It bit him anyway and he nearly died, his wife says
acutus antivenin was purchased from Shanghai Biotechnology Co.
Increased Efficacy of Antivenom Combined with Hyperbaric Oxygen on Deinagkistrodon acutus Envenomation in Adult Rats
Using monovalent antivenin is preferred as it is more efficacious and cost effective and has less risk of adverse reactions due to the smaller volume required for treatment as compared to polyvalent.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Motor Neuron Disease in Australian Dogs and Cats
One vial of reconstituted antivenin was given via intravenous route followed by another vial mixed with normal saline via constant rate infusion over a period of one hour.
Therapeutic Management of Cobra Envenomation in a Goat
The patient was thus able to provide the first responders with detailed information about the snake and on where to obtain the corresponding antivenin. He instructed his wife to apply a pressure bandage to the forearm.
An Unexpected Case of Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) Bite in Switzerland
Two days after receiving the antivenin, he developed disturbance in the level of consciousness, respiratory distress, and coagulopathy; a brain CT with IV contrast revealed bilateral hypodensities that resolved upon resolution of the symptoms [15].
A Horned Viper Bite Victim with PRES
Currently, antivenin is the only specific treatment towards envenomation.
Snake Venom [PLA.sub.2], a Promising Target for Broad-Spectrum Antivenom Drug Development

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