Complications ofEchis coloratasnake bites in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | S. H. Annobil |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Vomiting Ecchymosis 030231 tropical medicine Antivenom Saudi Arabia Snake Bites Poison control Viper Venoms law.invention Necrosis 03 medical and health sciences Blister 0302 clinical medicine Echis law 030225 pediatrics Coagulopathy medicine Humans Child biology Antivenins business.industry Infant Acute Kidney Injury medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Intensive care unit Snake bites Surgery Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Hypotension medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 13:39-44 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3281 0272-4936 |
| Popis: | Seven Saudi children bitten by Echis colorata, a species of carpet viper encountered mainly in the Middle East, were studied in south-western Saudi Arabia. They all showed severe local signs of swelling, ecchymosis and blisters, and one also had local necrosis. Four children had systemic envenoming with vomiting and hypotension, and one child had acute renal failure. Three of them had prolonged prothrombin and partial thromboplastin times and hypofibrinogenaemia resulting from disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. They were initially managed in the intensive care unit and received intravenous fluids and polyvalent antivenom. Apart from one child who required skin grafting for local necrosis, complete recovery with no sequelae occurred in all cases. |
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