Andrew Padula

Delayed antivenom for life-threatening tiger snake bite: Lessons learnt

James Tibballs, Andrew M Padula, Kenneth D Winkel, Hamish D Jackson

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE

An adolescent victim of an urban snakebite developed respiratory failure, rhabdomyolysis and consumption procoagulopathy but recov..

SnakeMap: four years of experience with a national small animal snake envenomation registry

M Boller, K Kelers, MA Stevenson, KD Winkel, S Hardjo, J Heller, PR Judge, HM Ong, AM Padula, C Reddrop, LCP Santos, CR Sharp, L Smart, KL Swindells, D Tabrett, JR Wierenga

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

SnakeMap is a national cloud-based, veterinary snakebite registry. It was designed to prospectively collect data of the clinical c..

Coagulation factor activity patterns of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy in naturally occurring tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) envenomed dogs treated with antivenom

Louis Mark Eramanis, Andrew Woodward, Natalie Courtman, Dez Hughes, Andrew Padula, Kenneth D Winkel, Manuel Boller

Journal article  |  2020  |  TOXICON

BACKGROUND: Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) from tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) envenomation results in a dose-depe..

Red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) envenomation in 17 dogs: clinical signs, coagulation changes, haematological abnormalities, venom antigen levels and outcomes following treatment with a tiger-brown snake antivenom

ER Finney, AM Padula, EM Leister

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: This report describes 17 cases of red-bellied black snake envenomation (RBBS; Pseudechis porphyriacus) in dogs in sout..

Review article: Let us talk about snakebite management: A discussion on many levels

Damian Turner, Suzanne Winter, Kenneth Winkel, Christopher MacIsaac, Andrew Padula, George Braitberg

Journal article  |  2019  |  EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA

We want to discuss antivenom use in snakebite clinical practice guidelines. Coronial reviews in Victoria of two cases of snakebite..

Severe haemolysis and spherocytosis in a dog envenomed by a red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) and successful treatment with a bivalent whole equine IgG antivenom and blood transfusion

E Lenske, AM Padula, E Leister, S Boyd

Journal article  |  2018  |  TOXICON

This case report describes a dog envenomed by a red-bellied black snake (RBBS; Pseudechis porphriacus) that experienced severe and..

Severe acute pulmonary haemorrhage and haemoptysis in ten dogs following eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) envenomation: Clinical signs, treatment and outcomes

Oriana S Leong, Andrew M Padula, Ellie Leister

Journal article  |  2018  |  TOXICON

This report describes a series of ten cases of fulminant pulmonary haemorrhage in dogs following envenomation by the eastern brown..

Severe neurotoxicity requiring mechanical ventilation in a dog envenomed by a red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) and successful treatment with an experimental bivalent whole equine IgG antivenom

AM Padula, EM Leister

Journal article  |  2017  |  TOXICON

Snakebite in dogs from Pseudechis porphyriacus (red-bellied black snake; RBBS) is a common envenomation treated by veterinarians i..

Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) envenomation in dogs and cats: Clinical signs, coagulation changes, brown snake venom antigen levels and treatment with a novel caprylic acid fractionated bivalent whole IgG equine antivenom

AM Padula, E Leister

Journal article  |  2017  |  TOXICON

This report describes the diagnosis and treatment of 16 confirmed cases of snakebite from the Australian eastern brown snake (Pseu..

Antivenom production in the alpaca (Vicugna pacos): Monovalent and polyvalent antivenom neutralisation of lethal and procoagulant toxins in Australian elapid venoms

Andrew M Padula, Kenneth D Winkel

Journal article  |  2017  |  SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), like all other members of the camelid family, produce a unique heavy chain only IgG subclass. This form of..