A lethal case of mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite: severe bowel symptoms as a lethal sign
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A lethal case of mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite: severe bowel symptoms as a lethal sign
Case We report a lethal case of a mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite. An 84-year-old woman was bitten by a mamushi snake on her right elbow. She was initially treated at another hospital, however, because the swelling expanded and her renal function worsened, she was transferred to our hospital. Compartment syndrome, thrombocytopenia, respiratory arrest, and elevated creatinine kinase and lacto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acute Medicine & Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2052-8817
DOI: 10.1002/ams2.240