Severe coagulopathy associated with white-lipped green pit viper bite.
Hong Kong Med J
; 13(5): 392-5, 2007 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-17914147
The authors report a case of Trimeresurus albolabris (white-lipped green pit viper) bite in a 6-year-old girl living in rural Yuen Long. Despite repeated use of Agkistrodon halys antivenin, the patient developed severe coagulopathy with defibrination syndrome on the fourth day of envenomation, which was also refractory to therapy with fresh frozen plasma. When treatment was switched to green pit viper antivenin, the coagulopathy resolved promptly. The case is illustrative of the potential lethality to children of snakebites in Hong Kong and suggests that the A halys antivenin may not be effective for the treatment of T albolabris bites.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Mordeduras de Serpientes
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Trastornos de la Coagulación Sanguínea
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Antivenenos
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Trimeresurus
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Venenos de Crotálidos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hong Kong Med J
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Hong Kong
Pais de publicación:
China