Thrombotic microangiopathy from Australian brown snake (Pseudonaja) envenoming

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 523-528

  Isbister, G K ^a,d   Little, M ^f,g   Cull, G ^f,h   McCoubrie, D ⁱ   Lawton, P ^b   Szabo, F ^b   Kennedy, J ^e   Trethewy, C ^e   Luxton, G ^f   Brown, S G A ^g,j   Currie, B J ^a,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Tamworth Base Hospital   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Brown snake; Envenoming; Pseudonaja; Snake bite; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ELAPIDAE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 34447514391     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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