Acute renal failure after massive honeybee stings

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Daher, Elizabeth De Francesco ^a,c   Da Silva Jr , Geraldo Bezerra ^a   Bezerra, Glaydcianne Pinheiro ^a   Pontes, Lícia Borges ^a   Martins, Alice Maria Costa ^a   Guimarães, José Ambrósio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Dr Jose Frota   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Bee venom; Multiple stings; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MELITTIN; MYOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOGLOBINURIA; OLIGURIA; PARESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0037229590     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000100010     Document Type: Article

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