Severe coagulopathy after Vipera ammodytes ammodytes snakebite in Bulgaria: A case report

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1066-1069

  Marinov, I ^a   Atanasov, V N ^b   Stankova, E ^a   Duhalov, D ^c   Petrova, S ^b   Hubenova, A ^a  

^a Emergency Medicine N I Pirogov   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; DIC; Snakebite; Vipera ammodytes ammodytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CEFAZOLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECCHYMOSIS; ENVENOMATION; HAND; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SNAKEBITE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BULGARIA; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HAND; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK; SNAKE BITES; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

VIPERA AMMODYTES AMMODYTES;

EID: 77956062954     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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