Poisonous Snakebite Treatment in the United States
- 18 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 240 (7) , 654-656
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1978.03290070056017
Abstract
This is a retrospective report of 107 cases of poisonous snakebites treated in south Georgia and north Florida. Sixty-seven percent of the cases required intensive treatment. Intravenous antivenin therapy, if indicated, should be given early and over a short time. Steroids are of use primarily for allergic phenomena. Fasciotomies were not necessary unless cooling or inadequate antivenin had been administered. A grading system that matches the species of snake with the severity of the bite was used to classify the cases. (JAMA240:654-656, 1978)Keywords
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