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None of the dogs required mechanical ventilation. The total hospitalization time for each dog was approximately 50 to 70 hours, significantly shorter than the previously published hospitalization duration (187 to 196 hours) without intervention with varespladib. No adverse effects were attributed to varespladib or antivenom administration.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Varespladib may have a role in shortening the duration of the clinical signs of dogs envenomated by coral snakes and may reduce the need for mechanical ventilation in affected dogs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.25.04.0275","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,30]],"date-time":"2025-07-30T16:43:20Z","timestamp":1753893800000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Phospholipase A2 inhibitor may shorten the duration of clinical signs in the treatment of neurotoxicity caused by eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) envenomation in 3 dogs"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"263","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8062-044X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Cory","family":"Woliver","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victoria","family":"Kastenholz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2477-5527","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Carl","family":"Southern","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1160-3416","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Adesola","family":"Odunayo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7532-3179","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Michael","family":"Schaer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashley","family":"Allen-Durrance","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"ref1","article-title":"Coral snake toxicity","author":"Hessel MM","year":"2025","unstructured":"Hessel MM, McAninch SA. 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