1. Acute Anuric Renal Failure After Pigmy Rattlesnake Bite
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Ahlstrom Ng, Tisher Cc, and Luginbuhl W
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,VIPeR ,Antivenins ,business.industry ,Antivenom ,Surgical debridement ,Snake Bites ,Snakes ,General Medicine ,Acute Kidney Injury ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Thrombosis ,Surgery ,Crotalid Venoms ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,business ,Envenomation ,Rhabdomyolysis - Abstract
Acute renal failure has been known to follow viper bites in up to 30% of patients, but we believe we have reported the first case in which anuric renal failure developed after the bite of a pigmy rattlesnake. Our patient's renal failure is thought to have been due to a combination of rhabdomyolysis and intrarenal thrombosis caused by DIC. Prompt surgical debridement should be offered to the victim of a bite by any poisonous snake, and antivenin should be administered to any patient with signs of systemic envenomation, with close monitoring for signs of allergic reactions.
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- 1991
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