title: [Effect of reduction in the Bothrops antivenin dose administrated in patients bitten by the Bothrops snake].
abstract: Seven hundred and thirty accidents by Bothrops snake bite attended at Hospital Vital Brazil-Instituto Butantan (HVB-IB) were studied: 411 of in 1983/84 (group A) and 319 in 1986 (group B). All the patients were seen in the Hospital 6 hours after the bite. As an average, all the 411 patients of the group A and the 319 patients of the group B received antivenom capable of neutralizing 215 mg and 117 mg of Bothrops jararaca, respectively. Both groups were similar concerning to: sex and age of the patients; anatomic region bitten; frequency of incision and tourniquet use at the site bite; time in between of the accident and the admission at HVB-IB; classification of B. jararaca either young or adult; frequency of the coagulation impairment. There was no difference in the evolution of the local envenoming manifestations and there were no cases of death.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017837:Bothrops; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins; D003435:Crotalid Venoms
vernacular_title: Efeito da redução na dose de soro antibotrópico administrada a pacientes picados por sepentes do gênero Bothrops.