Infant death after nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes) bite in Croatia: A case report

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• 作者：Boris Lukš ; ić ; Viktor Č ; ulić ; Luka Strič ; ević ; Ivica Brizić ; Nikola K. Poljak ; Zoran Tadić
• 关键词：Cardiotoxicity ; Snake venom ; Snakebite ; Viper venom ; Vipera ammodytes ammodytes ; Coagulopathy ; DIC
• 刊名：Toxicon
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：December 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：56
• 期：8
• 页码：1506-1509
• 全文大小：123 K

文摘

A case of a 45-day-old male infant, bitten on the neck by nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes), is reported. This episode occurred while the baby was on a picnic with his parents in a hill near a town in southern Croatia. In spite of immediate arrival at hospital, where antivenom was administrated and all the necessary treatment measures were carried out, the infant died 6 h following the bite. The cause of death was severe and progressive hyperkalaemia, massive intravascular haemolysis, severe coagulopathy and myocardial dysfunction.