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Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites

Indika B Gawarammana
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (8): .
Published online: 19 April 2004

S Abeysingha M Kularatne,* Indika B Gawarammana


  • Department of Medicine, Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka.


Correspondence: samkul@sitnet.lk

  • 1. Gawarammana IB, Kularatne SAM, Dissanayake WP, et al. Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites. Med J Aust 2003; 180: 20-23. <eMJA full text>
  • 2. Spiegel MR. Schaum’s outline of theory and problem of statistics. Metric edition. Singapore: McGraw-Hill, 1981; 162.
  • 3. Kularatne SAM. Reaction to snake venom antisera: study of pattern, severity and management at General Hospital, Anuradhapura. Sri Lanka J Med 2000; 9: 8-13.
  • 4. Fan HW, Marcopito LF, Cardoso JLC, et al. Sequential randomized and double blind trial of promethazine prophylaxis against early anaphylactic reaction to antivenom for bothrops snake bite. BMJ 1999; 318: 1451-1452.

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