FabAV antivenin use after copperhead snakebite: clinically indicated or knee-jerk reaction?

BACKGROUND: Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) (FabAV) antivenin is commonly recommended after pit viper snakebites. Because copperhead envenomations are usually self-limited, some physicians are reluctant to use this costly treatment routinely, while others follow a more liberal approach. We...

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Autores principales: Gale, Stephen C., Peters, Jo Ann, Allen, LaDonna, Creath, Robert, Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26766940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-016-0056-9

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26766940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-016-0056-9

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