Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) envenoming causes mild coagulopathy with incomplete clotting factor consumption

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 527-531

  Maduwage, K ^a,b,c   Scorgie, F E ^b   Silva, A ^c,d   Shahmy, S ^c   Mohamed, F ^c   Abeysinghe, C ^e   Karunathilake, H ^e   Lincz, L F ^a,b   Gnanathasan, C A ^f   Isbister, G K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^e Polonnaruwa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clotting factors; Coagulopathy; Hump nosed viper; Hypnale; Snake envenoming; Venom

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNALE HYPNALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKEBITE; VIPERIDAE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CROTALID VENOMS; DOWN-REGULATION; FACTOR V; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKE BITES; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84880774421     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.811589     Document Type: Article

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