Cryotherapy as a coadjuvant in crotaline snakebite management with F(ab') antivenom: A randomized pilot study.

Introduction: Local cryotherapy induces vasoconstriction, which leads to a reduction in the inflammatory process. However, the effectiveness of local cryotherapy as a coadjuvant in the treatment of snakebite with F(ab') antivenom is unknown.

Objective: To describe the clinical effectiveness of local cryotherapy as a coadjuvant in patients with snakebite treated with F(ab') antivenom therapy at the Hospital Juárez de Mexico.

[Local dermonecrotic loxoscelism in children bitten by the spider Loxosceles reclusa (the "violin" spider)].

This is an observational retrospective study. Our goal is to describe the local dermonecrotic reaction occurring after a spider bite in eleven pediatric patients. In seven (63.

[Evaluation of the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine administered alone or in combination with activated charcoal in the treatment of acetaminophen overdoses].

Study Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine (N-AC) alone or combined with multiple-dose activated charcoal (AC) in the treatment of acetaminophen (ACT) overdose.

Design: Prospective observational case series of 14 consecutive pediatric patients. Group A (n = 7) were treated only with N-AC and group B (n = 7) with N-AC combined with AC.

[Cardiorespiratory depression in 8 newborn infants whose mothers took "yucuyahui" (Zoapatle-Montanoa tomentosa) during labor].

Yucuyahui (zoapatle-Montanoa tomentosa), is a wild herb used as a folk oxytocic-remedy. Eight pregnant women drank infusions of the herb during the labor and their newborns showed cardiorespiratory depression that needs basic or advanced life support to recover. They improved during the first minutes with an average Apgar score at one minute of 4.