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Antisnakevenom: an over-used medication
R T Thachil1, J C Tony, E Jude
1Department of Medicine, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Tropical Doctor
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
Fifty-five cases of snakebite were retrospectively analysed for the indications for the use of anti-snakevenom (ASV). Sixty-seven per cent of patients received treatment with ASV. Of these, 47% had features of systemic envenoming, 30% had features of local envenoming and 22% had no features of envenoming, either systemic or local. When WHO guidelines were strictly applied, it was found that in 44% of cases, ASV was used without adequate indication.