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Emergency medicine Toxicology
Volume 180 - Issue 8

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

Authors:  S Abeysingha M Kularatne and Indika B Gawarammana

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (8): 428. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06004.x
Published online: 19 April 2004
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Re: “Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites”, by Gawarammana I B, et al in the 5 January issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2004; 180: 20-23). As a result of a programming error, the confidence intervals in Box 3 of the article were incorrect. Box 3 should be as follows.

3: Reactions to antivenom and time from antivenom infusion to reaction

Reaction

Treatment A (n = 10)

Treatment B (n = 21)

Treatment C (n = 16)

Mean
time
(min)

Patients

Mean
time
(min)

Patients

Mean
time
(min)

Patients

No.

%

(95% CI)

No.

%

(95% CI)

No.

%

(95% CI)

Hypotension (< 120/80 mmHg)

43

5

33%

(15%–58%)

26

8

38%

(21%–59%)

22

9

56%

(33%–77%)

Tachycardia (> 80/min)

42

5

33%

(15%–58%)

18

7

33%

(17%–55%)

16

10

63%

(39%–82%)

Rigors

90

1

7%

(1%–30%)

38

6

29%

(14%–50%)

16

3

19%

(7%–43%)

Itching

25

10

67%

(42%–85%)

16

10

48%

(28%–68%)

13

10

63%

(39%–82%)

Urticaria

32

10

67%

(42%–85%)

19

8

38%

(21%–59%)

15

12

75%

(51%–90%)

Dyspnoea

15

2

13%

(4%–38%)

—

0

—

—

16

5

31%

(14%–56%)

Treatments: A, hydrocortisone and placebo; B, hydrocortisone and chlorpheniramine; C, placebo and placebo.

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Authors

  • S Abeysingha M Kularatne MB BS, MD, MRCP(UK)1
  • Indika B Gawarammana MB BS, MD2
  • 1. Department of Medicine, Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka.
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