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POSITIVE RESPONSE TO EDROPHONIUM IN DEATH ADDER ( ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS ) ENVENOMATION
Author(s) -
HUDSON B. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1988.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - medicine , edrophonium , envenomation , adder , anesthesia , dermatology , venom , biology , neostigmine , ecology , electrical engineering , engineering , latency (audio)
A 20‐year‐old Papua New Guinean male developed neuromuscular paralysis following a bite by a death adder ( Acanthophis antarcticus ). Ptosis persisted despite otherwise effective anti‐venom therapy. The ptosis clinically resembled myasthenia gravis and improved after intravenous edrophonium. The role of anticholinesterase drugs in snake bite management is discussed.