Envenoming by the viperid snake Proatheris superciliaris: A case report

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 392-394

  Valenta, Jiri ^a   Stach, Zdenek ^a   Fricova, Dagmar ^b   Zak, Jaroslav ^b   Balik, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b District Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Coagulopathy; Proatheris superciliaris; Snake bite; Thrombocytopenia; Viper

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; NITRATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ENVENOMATION; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROATHERIS SUPERCILIARIS; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CROTALID VENOMS; FINGERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPERIDAE;

ATHERIS; PROATHERIS SUPERCILIARIS; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 49649128096     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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