CompletedNot Applicable

Cryotherapy as a Coadjuvant in Crotaline Snakebite Management With Antivenom.

38 participantsStarted 2015-01-01

Plain-language summary

The study aimed to determine the effect of local cryotherapy as a coadjuvant in patients with snakebite treated with F(ab')2 therapy venom at the Hospital Juárez de Mexico.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients of both genders and any age with a snake bite of poison grade II who were admitted to the Clinical Toxicology Service of the Hospital Juárez de México. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients of both genders and any age with a snake bite of poison grade I, III or IV who were admitted to the Clinical Toxicology Service of the Hospital Juárez de México.

What they're measuring

Distal circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: Baseline.

Proximal circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: Baseline.

Middle circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: Baseline.

Distal circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: up to 24 weeks

Proximal circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: up to 24 weeks.

Middle circumference of the affected limb on hospital admission.

Timeframe: up to 24 weeks.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04470791

SponsorHospital Juarez de Mexico

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-07-01

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