This equine IgG Fab is the definitive treatment of envenoming by tiger snakes in Australia. These include the common tiger snake (Notechis scutatus), western tiger snake (Notechis ater), Stephen’s banded snake (Hoplocephalus stephensi), pale-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bitorquatus), broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides), rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus) and copperhead snakes (Austrelaps sp).
References
- Brown SGA, Caruso N, Borland M et al. Clotting factor replacement and recovery for snake venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy. Intensive Care Medicine 2009.
- Isbister GK, Brown SG, MacDonald E et al. Current use of Australian snake antivenoms and frequency of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis. Medical Journal of Australia 2008; 188:473-476.
- Isbister GK, Duffull SB, Brown SGA. Failure of antivenom to improve recovery in Australian snakebite coagulopathy. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2009.
- White J. CSL Antivenom Handbook 2001. CSL Ltd: Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria.
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