Serious envenomation after a snakebite by a Western bush viper (Atheris chlorechis) in the Netherlands: A case report

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Top, L J ^a   Tulleken, J E ^a   Ligtenberg, J J M ^a   Meertens, J H J M ^a   van der Werf, T S ^a   Zijlstra, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidote; Atheris chlorechis; Bites; Coagulopathy; F(ab); Renal failure; Venomous snake

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; FAV AFRIQUE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FASCIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CROTALID VENOMS; FINGERS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SNAKE BITES; TIME FACTORS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 33646800185     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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