Coagulopthy, acute kidney injury and death following Hypnale zara envenoming - The first case report from Sri Lanka

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 641-643

  Maduwage, Kalana ^a   Kularatne, Keerthi ^b   Wazil, Abdul ^c   Gawarammana, Indika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b District General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Envenoming; Fatality; Hypnale zara

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; MANNITOL; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMINURIA; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATALITY; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPNALE ZARA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR; VOMITING;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CROTALID VENOMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES; SRI LANKA; VIPERIDAE;

CROTALINAE; HYPNALE; HYPNALE HYPNALE; NEPA;

EID: 80054124086     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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