Nicholas A. Hamman , Titus B. Dajel , Mohammed B. Saiyejo , Saidu B. Abubakar , Bashir Dansanda , Hayatu Saeedu , Kabiru Tahir , Muhammad Hamza , Garba Iliyasu , Basheer Z. Chedi , Abdulrazaq G. Habib
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Comparative clinical observations following introduction of a new polyvalent antivenom for snakebite envenoming in northern Nigeria
The effectiveness and safety of antivenoms used for snakebite-envenoming can be evaluated in in-vitro, in-vivo preclinical and clinical studies. In this study, we evaluated the clinical effectiveness of a newly introduced Alternative Equine-derived Polyvalent (AEP) antivenom. Compared to the existing antivenoms, patients treated with the AEP antivenom showed higher mortality, more frequent early-adverse-reactions, and failure to restore clotting timely among carpet viper envenomed patients with coagulopathy. In contrast to existing antivenoms, the AEP failed to protect against deaths among patients with coagulopathy even after adjusting for potential confounders in a logistic regression model and restricting the analysis to patients who received optimal doses. None of the antivenoms protected against deaths among patients without coagulopathy.
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Toxicon has an open access mirror Toxicon: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. An introductory offer Toxicon: X - full waiver of the Open Access fee.
Toxicon''s "aims and scope" are to publish:
-articles containing the results of original research on problems related to toxins derived from animals, plants and microorganisms
-papers on novel findings related to the chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, and immunological properties of natural toxins
-molecular biological studies of toxins and other genes from poisonous and venomous organisms that advance understanding of the role or function of toxins
-clinical observations on poisoning and envenoming where a new therapeutic principle has been proposed or a decidedly superior clinical result has been obtained.
-material on the use of toxins as tools in studying biological processes and material on subjects related to venom and antivenom problems.
-articles on the translational application of toxins, for example as drugs and insecticides
-epidemiological studies on envenoming or poisoning, so long as they highlight a previously unrecognised medical problem or provide insight into the prevention or medical treatment of envenoming or poisoning. Retrospective surveys of hospital records, especially those lacking species identification, will not be considered for publication. Properly designed prospective community-based surveys are strongly encouraged.
-articles describing well-known activities of venoms, such as antibacterial, anticancer, and analgesic activities of arachnid venoms, without any attempt to define the mechanism of action or purify the active component, will not be considered for publication in Toxicon.
-review articles on problems related to toxinology.
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