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Clinical toxinology and snakebite


AUSTRALIA & PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) envenomation in rural Papua New Guinea. (2003) WILLIAMS D, BAL B. Annals ACTM. 4(1):6-9. © Australasian College of Tropical Medicine.

Pseudechis guttatus snakebite photographs (1998) WILLIAMS DJ. An excellent series of photographs showing the progression of local tissue injury to the hand of an amateur herpetologist envenomed by a juvenile spotted black snake (Pseudechis guttatus) - WARNING: Content may not be suitable for children.

Effects of taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) venom on erythrocyte morphology and blood viscosity in a human victim in vivo and in vitro. (1991) ARTHUR CK, McCALLUM D, LOVEDAY DJ, COLLINS A, ISBISTER JP, FISHER MM. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 85:401-403. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

Venomous Bites and Stings (1998). WINKEL K, HAWDON G, and ASHBY K. Hazard - Journal of Victorian Injury Surveillance System. Published by VicHealth. Vol.35 pp.1-16. Excellent article on snake, spider and other animal/insect bites and stings in the Australian State of Victoria.

A further case of snakebite by a taipan ending fatally. (1951) BENN KM. Med J Aust. 147-148. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

A neglected but potentially dangerous New Guinea snake - the small eyed snake (Micropechis ikaheka) (1972) BLASCO P, HORNABROOK RW. Papua and New Guinea Med J. 15(3):155-156. © PNG Med Soc.

The symptomatology, clinical course and successful treatment of Papuan elapine snake envenomation. (1961) CAMPBELL CH, YOUNG LN.  Med.J.Aust. 478-486. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

Antivenene in the treatment of Australian and Papuan snake bite. (1967) CAMPBELL CH.  Med.J.Aust. 2:3 pp106-10. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

Clinical aspects of snake bite in the Pacific area. (1969) CAMPBELL CH Toxicon &:1 pp25-8. © Pergamon Press Ltd.

The death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) and the effect of its bite. (1966) CAMPBELL CH. Med.J.Aust. 922-926 © The Medical Journal of Australia.

The taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) and the effect of its bite. (1967) CAMPBELL CH.  Med.J.Aust. 1(15):735-739. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

The Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus) and the effect of its bite. (1967) CAMPBELL CH. Papua & New Guinea Med J. 10(4):117-121. © PNG Med Soc.

Venomous snake bite in Papua and its treatment with tracheotomy, artificial respiration and antivenene. (1964) CAMPBELL CH. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 58(3):263-273. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

The effect of the venom of the Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus) on Blood Coagulation. (1972) CAMPBELL CH, CHESTERMAN CN. PNG Med J. 15(3):149-154. © PNG Med Soc.

The effects of antivenom on the in vitro neurotoxicity of venoms from the taipans Oxyuranus scutellatus, Oxyuranus microlepidotus and Oxyuranus scutellatus canni. (1999) CRACHI MT, HAMMER LW, HODGSON WC. Toxicon. 37:1771-1778. © Elsevier Science Ltd.

A pharmacological examination of venom from the Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni). (1999) CRACHI MT, HAMMER LW, HODGSON WC. Toxicon. 37:1721-1734. © Elsevier Science Ltd.

Snake anti-venom in Papua New Guinea. CHENG A, RATCLIFF A, ADHIKARI P. RACP Fellowship Affairs Online. 2000 19:1 

Snake bite in Papua New Guinea (1988) CURRIE B, VINCE J, NARAQI S. PNG Med J, 31:195-198. © PNG Med Soc.

Snakebite in tropical Australia, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. (2000) CURRIE BJ. Emerg. Med. 12:285-294. © Blackwell Science Ltd.

An epidemiological study of snake bite envenomation in Papua New Guinea. (1991) CURRIE BJ, SUTHERLAND SK, HUDSON BJ, SMITH AM  Med J Aust. 154(4):266-8. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

An epidemiological study of snakebite in Papua New Guinea. (1992) CURRIE BJ  Med J Aust. 156:290. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

Positive response to edrophonium in death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) envenomation. (1988) HUDSON BJ Aust NZ J Med. 18:792-794.

Ten years of snake bite in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. (1988) HUDSON BJ, POMAT K. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 82(3):506-8. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

Coagulopathy following Papua New Guinean taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) envenoming. (1994) LALLOO D, BLACK J, NARAQI S, OWEN D, CHITOLIE A, HUTTON RA, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Copy of an original MS, a more comprehensive paper was subsequently published in Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 1995 Feb;6(1):65-72.

Neurotoxicity and haemostatic disturbances in patients envenomed by the Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus). (1994) LALLOO D, TREVETT A, BLACK J, MAPAO J, NARAQI S, OWENS D, HUTTON R, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Toxicon 32(8):927-936. © Elsevier Science Ltd.

Neurotoxicity anticoagulant activity and evidence of rhabdomyolysis in patients bitten by death adders (Acanthophis sp.) in southern Papua New Guinea. (1996) LALLOO DG, TREVETT AJ, BLACK J, MAPAO J, SAWERI A, NARAQI S, OWENS D, KAMIGUTI AS, HUTTON RA, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA  Q J Med. 89:25-35. © Oxford University Press.

Snake bites by the Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni): Paralysis, hemostatic and electrocardiographic abnormalities, and effects of antivenom. (1995) LALLOO DG, TREVETT AJ, KORINIHONA A, NWOKOLO N, LAURENSON I, PAUL M, BLACK J, NARAQI S, MAVO B, SAWERI A, HUTTON RA, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA.  Am J Trop Med Hyg 52(6): 525-31.

Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients bitten by taipans (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) and other elapid snakes in Papua New Guinea. (1997) LALLOO DG, TREVETT AJ, NWOKOLO N, LAURENSON I, NARAQI S, KEVAU IH, KEMP MW, HOOPER RJL, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Trans Roy Soc of Trop Med & Hyg. 91(1):53-6. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

The epidemiology of snakebite in Central Province and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea. (1995) LALLOO DG, TREVETT AJ, SAWERI A, NARAQI S, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Trans Roy Soc of Trop Med & Hyg. 89:178-182. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

An epidemiological study of snakebite in Papua New Guinea. (1992) TREVETT AJ & LALLOO DG. Med J Aust. 156:144. © The Medical Journal of Australia.

Analysis of referral letters to assess the management of poisonous snake bite in rural Papua New Guinea. (1994) TREVETT AJ, LALLOO DG, NWOKOLO NC, KEVAU IH, WARRELL DA. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 88:572-74. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

The efficacy of antivenom in the treatment of bites by the Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni). (1995) TREVETT AJ, LALLOO DG, NWOKOLO NC, NARAQI S, KEVAU IH, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 89:322-25. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

Electrophysiological findings in patients envenomed following the bite of a Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni). (1995) TREVETT AJ, LALLOO DG, NWOKOLO NC, NARAQI S, KEVAU IH, THEAKSTON RD, WARRELL DA. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:4 415-7 © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

Failure of 3,4-diaminopyridine and edrophonium to produce significant clinical benefit in neurotoxicity following the bite of Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni). (1995) TREVETT AJ, LALLOO DG, NWOKOLO NC, NARAQI S, KEVAU IH, THEAKSTON RDG, WARRELL DA. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med & Hyg. 89:444-46. © The Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

Venom detection kits in the management of snakebite in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (1995) TREVETT AJ, LALLOO DG, NWOKOLO NC, THEAKSTON RDG, NARAQI S, WARRELL DA. Toxicon 33(5):703-705. © Elsevier Science Ltd.

Personal view: Learning from the Puri Puri Man. (1993) TREVETT AJ. Copy of an original MS, subsequently revised and published in Med J Aust. 1993 159(2):132

Tourniquet injury in a Papuan snakebite victim. (1994) TREVETT AJ, NWOKOLO N, WATTERS DAK. Copy of an original MS, subsequently revised and published in Trop Geogr Med. 1993 45(6):305-7.

The emerging syndrome of envenoming by the New Guinea small-eyed snake Micropechis ikaheka. (1996) WARRELL DA, HUDSON BJ, LALLOO DG, TREVETT AJ, WHITEHEAD P, BAMLER P, RANAIVOSON M, WIYONO A, RICHIE TL, FRYAUFF DJ, O’SHEA M, THEAKSTON RDG. Q J Med. 1996 89:523-30. © Oxford University Press.

 

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