Acute renal failure after snakebite: A report of four cases

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Chen, Jin Bor ^a   Leung, John ^a   Hsu, Kuo Tai ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute renal failure; antivenin; snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENVENOMATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0030945588     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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