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  • Adverse reactions to snake antivenom, and their prevention and treatment. 
    de Silva, H.A.; Ryan, N.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
    Antivenom is the mainstay of treatment of snakebite envenoming. However, adverse reactions to snake antivenom that is available are common in many parts of the world where snakebite is prevalent; both acute (anaphylactic ...
  • Antivenom for snake venom-induced neuromuscular paralysis (Protocol) 
    Silva, A.; Maduwage, K.; Buckley, N.A.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J.; Isbister, G.K. (John Wiley and Sons, 2017)
  • Estimates of disease burden due to land-snake bite in Sri Lankan hospitals 
    Kasturiratne, A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; Lalloo, D.G.; Brooker, S.; de Silva, H.J. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2005)
    Snake bite is a common cause of hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Despite this, there have been no countrywide studies or national estimates of disease burden due to snake bites in Sri Lankan hospitals. We assessed the ...
  • A Randomized controlled trial of fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy in Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming 
    Isbister, G.K.; Jayamanne, S.; Mohamed, F.; Dawson, A.H.; Maduwage, K.; Gawarammana, I.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J.; Scorgie, F.E.; Lincz, L.F.; Buckley, N.A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming is a major health issue in South Asia and causes venom induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC). OBJECTIVES: We investigated the effect of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) ...
  • Safe snake antivenom 
    de Silva, H.A. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Snakebite is a WHO-listed neglected tropical disease. Bites result in an estimated 421 000 envenomings and 20 000 deaths globally each year, although the incidence may be as high as 1 800 000 envenomings and 94 000 deaths. ...
  • Snake antivenom for snake venom induced consumption coagulopathy 
    Maduwage, K.; Buckley, N.A.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Isbister, G.K. (Update Software, 2015)
    BACKGROUND : Snake venom induced consumption coagulopathy is a major systemic effect of envenoming. Observational studies suggest that antivenom improves outcomes for venom induced consumption coagulopathy in some snakebites ...

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