Hemodialysis of Acute Renal Failure Following Rattlesnake Bite, with Recovery

Danzig, Lamont E.

doi:10.1001/jama.1961.63040020031017

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“…To our knowledge only one other example has been reported of acute renal failure due to snake-bite and treated by dialysis (Danzig and Abels, 1961). The patient, an 11-year-old boy, survived, but there was no mention of the radiological appearance of the kidneys.…”

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Renal Cortical Calcification after Snake-bite

Oram¹,

Ross²,

Pell³

et al. 1963

BMJ

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Renal Cortical Calcification after Snake-bite

Oram¹,

Ross²,

Pell³

et al. 1963

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“…Unfortunately, the patient died before a new round of laboratory tests, and we could not analyze if the acidosis was controlled. However, due to the well-established AKF, a recommended treatment for the patient should have been dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis), which should be continued until irreversibility of the underlying lesion has been proved beyond doubt [68,69], although it was not performed.…”

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Fatal Rattlesnake Envenomation in Northernmost Brazilian Amazon: A Case Report and Literature Overview

Medeiros

Oliveira

Ferreira

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Snakebite envenomations are classified as Category A Neglected Tropical Diseases by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, 405 snake species are distributed among 11 families, with the genera Bothrops and Crotalus being the most studied and main responsible for severe and lethal envenomations. In the country, Crotalus genus (i.e., rattlesnakes) is represented by Crotalus durissus species, showing seven different subspecies distributed along the country, including Crotalus durissus ruruima, which inhabits Roraima, the Brazilian nothermost state from Amazon forest. Here, we report a fatal case of a severe envenomation following a rattlesnake bite. The patient presented classic crotalic neurological signs and symptoms such as ptosis, drooling of saliva, sluggishness, macroscopic hematuria, and oliguria, which evolved to acute kidney failure (AKF) and hemodynamic instability. Although the patient was treated with the specific antivenom therapy, the severe envenomation resulted in three cardiac arrests and death of the victim in less than 38 h. This study discusses the causes of the patient death, the features of rattlesnake venom-induced AKF, and shows evidences that the Brazilian crotalic antivenom should be improved to treat rattlesnake envenomations caused by C. d. ruruima venom in Roraima state.

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Problems in the Management of Rattlesnake Bites

Sparger¹

1969

Arch Surg

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Hemodialysis of Acute Renal Failure Following Rattlesnake Bite, with Recovery

Abstract: Report of a CaseAn 11-year-old white male was bitten by a rattlesnake on July 14, 1959, and

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Renal Cortical Calcification after Snake-bite

Renal Cortical Calcification after Snake-bite

Fatal Rattlesnake Envenomation in Northernmost Brazilian Amazon: A Case Report and Literature Overview

Problems in the Management of Rattlesnake Bites

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