SEVERE ENVENOMATION BY THE TAIPAN (OXYURANUS-SCUTELLATUS)

Authors
SOUTHERN DA CALLANAN VI GORDON GS
Citation
Da. Southern et al., SEVERE ENVENOMATION BY THE TAIPAN (OXYURANUS-SCUTELLATUS), Medical journal of Australia, 165(11-12), 1996, pp. 662-664
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Medical journal of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025729X
Volume
165
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
662 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(1996)165:11-12<662:SEBTT(>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We describe cases of five patients with taipan envenomation which indi cate that patients with paresis benefit from repeated doses of antiven om, even if given long after the bite, and that fresh frozen plasma sh ould be given to correct coagulopathy that persists after reversal of neuromuscular blockade. We reiterate the importance of compression ban dages.