Acute renal failure and haemorrhagic syndrome secondary to toxin of caterpillars (Lonomia obliqua)

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-446

  Riella, Miguel C ^a,b   Chula, Domingos ^b   De Freitas, Sarah ^c   Mazza, Marcelo M ^b   Pachaly, Maria A ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO EVANGÉLICO DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Caterpillar; Haemorrhagic syndrome; Lonomia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ANTILONOMIC HORSE SERUM; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; INSECT VENOM; RAMIPRIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CATERPILLAR; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSECT; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LARVA; LONOMIA OBLIQUA; MELENA; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749169362     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn138     Document Type: Article

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