How to Use antivenom in a Sentence

antivenom

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  • Recombinant snake antivenoms get closer to the clinic Premium Times.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
  • By the time Christie had the first of four treatments with antivenom, the swelling had spread to her shoulder.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 June 2017
  • The makers of both of these antivenoms have been receptive to the findings.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Now, scientists in Thailand have found a way to make a single antivenom that works against 18 species of snake found in Asia and Africa.
    — National Geographic, 3 May 2016
  • But the better question is whether doctors would have even thought to use that antivenom, since it wasn't made for snakebites from African snakes or rear-fanged ones.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2017
  • There is no antivenom for the African bush viper, and bites can cause fevers or internal bleeding, which can be fatal.
    — Wilson Wong, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Plus antivenoms have been developed for only around 60% of the world's venomous snakes.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
  • And that could be especially bad news in many of the rural places where the snakes live, because antivenom isn't widely available there.
    — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
  • And that could be especially bad news in many of the rural places where the snakes live, because antivenom isn't widely available there.
    — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
  • The bite is usually lethal, unless antivenom can be given in time.
    — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
  • And, after an hour and a half wait, Meg's doctor returned with antivenom, the usual treatment for venomous snakebites.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • Calmette made an antivenom to cobras by doing to rabbits what Friede has done to himself.
    — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 16 May 2019
  • Any patients who receive antivenom will be admitted to the ICU.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The country gets nearly all its antivenom from India, the largest producer and exporter of antivenom in the world.
    — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Horses have been used for antivenom production for years because of their docile nature and big veins, as Douglas Main wrote for in 2016.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Of these patients treated, none received antivenom or surgery but were instead treated for pain and swelling.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Nowadays, zoos and other facilities which keep venomous snakes always have a stock of antivenom at the ready, just in case.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2015
  • The countries that lack the capacity to manufacture antivenom are the most at risk.
    — Mike Ives, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
  • He was given antivenom and put on life support, and remained unconscious for two days.
    — Betsy McKay, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Without antivenom, a bite from a black mamba snake is usually lethal.
    — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
  • The man received the antivenom, according to the Detroit Free Press, though his condition remains unclear at this time.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • Her blood pressure dropped to near zero multiple times on the flight before she was given antivenom.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The 6-month-old doggo was bitten in the nose by the deadly reptile and swiftly brought to an animal hospital to be treated with antivenom.
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 10 July 2018
  • Though funnel-web bites have killed people in the Sydney area, no deaths have been reported since an antivenom was developed in 1981.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The antidote to a snakebite is an antivenom, but each of thousands of venomous snakes have a different bite—each requiring a unique treatment.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2020
  • That antivenom can be administered to people who have been bitten by those types of spiders.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The spider has a venom packed with 40 different toxic proteins and its raw venom is the only way to make life-saving antivenom.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Then, researchers take a sample of their blood and separate the antivenom from other component of blood, like plasma, in a centrifuge.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Lie down so that the bite is at or below the level of the heart, and try to get medical treatment as soon as possible, which will likely be an injection of an antivenom serum.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021
  • Then there’s the regulatory approval process, which is ill-defined for next-generation antivenoms.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024

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