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Anaesth Intensive Care · Sep 2020
Delayed antivenom for life-threatening tiger snake bite: Lessons learnt.
- James Tibballs, Andrew M Padula, Kenneth D Winkel, and Hamish D Jackson.
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 2020 Sep 1; 48 (5): 399-403.
AbstractAn adolescent victim of an urban snakebite developed respiratory failure, rhabdomyolysis and consumption procoagulopathy but recovered with two vials of tiger snake antivenom administered after a delay of 48 hours. The clinical significance of a post-bite collapse was not initially appreciated. Tiger snake (Notechis spp.) venom antigen was measurable in blood before antivenom but not after whereas antivenom was measurable in blood for nine ensuing days. This case adds to growing evidence that further pharmacokinetic research of venom-antivenom interaction is required to establish the correct dose and timing of tiger snake antivenom. Antivenom therapy, even when delayed, facilitates recovery from snake envenomation.
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