Myokymia After Snake Envenomation in Arizona

Successful resuscitation after cardiac arrest following massive brown snake envenomation.

We report a 44-year-old Western Australian man who suffered a cardiac arrest several hours after a bite by a brown snake. He was successfully resuscitated after bolus administration of undiluted brown snake antivenom. We suggest that an initial bolus dose of at least five ampoules (5000 units) of undiluted brown snake antivenom should be given as primary therapy for cardiac arrest following bro...

Snake bite envenomation in children in Kashmir.

A three year retrospective study was done to study snakebite envenomation among Kashmiri children. Ten children were admitted with snakebite. Snakebite was vasculotoxic in seven and mixed in two. Levantine viper bites were seen in five who had Grade 3 bites with severe local signs, severe coagulopathy and hypotension. Both environmental risk and seasonal incidence was observed.

Snake envenomation in a north Indian hospital.

OBJECTIVES To study the clinical profile of snake envenomation in a tertiary referral north Indian hospital. METHODS Retrospective case note analysis of all cases of snakebite admitted to the medical emergency from January 1997 to December 2001. RESULTS Of a total of 142 cases of snakebite there were 86 elapid bites presenting with neuroparalytic symptoms and 52 viper bites having haemostat...

Severe envenomation from "harmless" pet snake.

Snake Envenomation Causing Distant Tracheal Myonecrosis

Snakebites are often believed to be poisonous. However, this is not always the case. In fact, each bite differs from snake to snake, depending on if the snake is poisonous and if there is envenomation. Venom in pit viper snakebites is often associated with local necrosis. The abundant literature selections and research articles justify local myonecrosis due to envenomation, but there is not muc...