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Snake Antivenin Administration in a Patient Allergic to Horse Serum

1983; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 76; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00007611-198304000-00024

1541-8243

Charles L. Loprinzi, JOHN HENNESSEE, Leonard Tamsky, Thomas E. Johnson,

Healthcare and Venom Research

We have described a case in which a potent epinephrine drip was useful in the management of a patient who needed antivenin and was allergic to horse serum. With 50 ml of 1:10,000 epinephrine in 500 ml of 5% dextrose in water, repeated anaphylactoid reactions were controlled. We believe that such a solution would be helpful in other patients having severe anaphylactic reactions to antivenin.