Antivenom treatment and renal dysfunction in Russell's viper snakebite in Taiwan: A case series

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-494

  Hung, Dong Zong ^a   Yu, Yi Jung ^a   Hsu, Chia Lung ^a   Lin, Tzeng Jih ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Antivenom; Daboia russelli siamensis; Russell's viper; Snakebite; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ERUPTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANK SUM TEST; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER VENOMS;

DABOIA RUSSELLII SIAMENSIS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33644835500     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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