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Resolution of neurotoxicity with anticholinesterase therapy in death-adder envenomation
B Currie1, M Fitzmaurice, J Oakley
1Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko.
The Medical Journal of Australia
|May 16, 1988
Abstract:
A case of the reversal of death-adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) neurotoxicity by treatment with neostigmine methylsulphate in a Papua New Guinean villager is described. While antivenom remains the mainstay in the treatment of snake-bite envenomation, the possible role of anticholinesterase therapy for death-adder bites in Papua New Guinea is discussed. In addition, some problems with first-aid management are outlined.