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Antivenom is the mainstay of therapy for poisonous snakebite and there is no role for test dose.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Kynsey Road, Colombo, 08, Sri Lanka

    Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan MBBS, MD (Med), Mphil, FRCP

  2. Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Sri Gokulam Hospitals, Salem, India

    Subramanian Senthilkumaran MD, Dip A&E, FCCM

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  1. Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan MBBS, MD (Med), Mphil, FRCP
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Correspondence to Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan MBBS, MD (Med), Mphil, FRCP .

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    Suresh S David

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Gnanathasan, C.A., Senthilkumaran, S. (2016). Bites and Stings. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_32

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