 Agkistrodon
"Agkistrodon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of venomous snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae. Twelve species of this genus are found in North and Central America and Asia. Agkistrodon contortrix is the copperhead, A. piscivorus, the cottonmouth. The former is named for its russet or orange-brown color, the latter for the white interior of its mouth. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336; Moore, Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p75)
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D017836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.240.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Agkistrodon- Agkistrodon
- Ancistrodon
- Black Moccasin
- Black Moccasins
- Moccasin, Black
- Moccasins, Black
- Swamp Moccasin
- Moccasin, Swamp
- Moccasins, Swamp
- Swamp Moccasins
Cottonmouth- Cottonmouth
- Cottonmouths
- Water Mocassin
- Mocassin, Water
- Mocassins, Water
- Water Mocassins
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Agkistrodon" by people in Profiles.
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Trautman WJ, Ahmed F, Barton DJ, Abesamis MG, Lynch MJ. Safe administration of Crotalidae equine immune F(ab')2 antivenom in a patient who suffered anaphylaxis from Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab antivenom. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 10; 72:221.e1-221.e3.
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Lavonas EJ, Burnham RI, Schwarz J, Quackenbush E, Lewis B, Rose SR, Greene S, Toschlog EA, Charlton NP, Mullins ME, Schwartz R, Denning D, Sharma K, Kleinschmidt K, Bush SP, Anderson VE, Ginde AA, Gerardo CJ. Recovery from Copperhead Snake Envenomation: Role of Age, Sex, Bite Location, Severity, and Treatment. J Med Toxicol. 2020 01; 16(1):17-23.
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Lavonas EJ, Anderson VE, Gerardo CJ. In reply to Dr. Shah and Dr. Beuhler. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020 03; 58(3):223-224.
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Domanski K, Kleinschmidt KC, Greene S, Ruha AM, Bebarta VS, Onisko N, Campleman S, Brent J, Wax P. Cottonmouth snake bites reported to the ToxIC North American snakebite registry 2013-2017. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020 03; 58(3):178-182.
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Freiermuth CE, Lavonas EJ, Anderson VE, Kleinschmidt KC, Sharma K, Rapp-Olsson M, Gerardo C. Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation. West J Emerg Med. 2019 May; 20(3):497-505.
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Gerardo CJ, Vissoci JRN, Evans CS, Simel DL, Lavonas EJ. Does This Patient Have a Severe Snake Envenomation?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. JAMA Surg. 2019 04 01; 154(4):346-354.
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Lavonas EJ, Anderson VE, Gerardo CJ. Response to carpenter and colleagues. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2019 07; 57(7):674-676.
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Mullins ME, Gerardo CJ, Bush SP, Rose SR, Greene S, Quackenbush EB, Lewis B, Anderson VE, Kleinschmidt KC, Schwarz RB, Charlton NP, Toschlog EA, Sharma K, Denning DA, Lavonas EJ. Adverse Events in the Efficacy of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab Antivenom vs Placebo in Recovery from Copperhead Snakebite Trial. South Med J. 2018 12; 111(12):716-720.
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Lavonas EJ, Gerardo CJ. Letter to the editor: "Safety of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in copperhead snakebite patients" by Pham and Mullins, Clin Toxicol 2018 May 18. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2019 02; 57(2):144-145.
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Barton DJ, Marino RT, Pizon AF. Multimodal analgesia in crotalid snakebite envenomation: A novel use of femoral nerve block. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 12; 36(12):2340.e1-2340.e2.
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