Russell's Viper Envenomation-Associated Addisonian Crisis

Subramanian Senthilkumaran; Ritesh G. Menezes; Syed Ather Hussain; Sushil Allen Luis; Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

doi:10.1016/j.wem.2018.06.001

Russell's Viper Envenomation-Associated Addisonian Crisis

Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ritesh G. Menezes, Syed Ather Hussain, Sushil Allen Luis, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

Cardiovascular Medicine

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Abstract

Snakebite envenomation is an important public health problem in tropical countries. We report a case of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in a 28-y-old man with Russell's viper bite that occurred in the Sathyamangalam forest range in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In this case, a combination of early bite recognition, hospital-based supportive care, corticosteroid therapy, and timely administration of polyvalent antivenom resulted in a favorable clinical outcome.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	504-507
Number of pages	4
Journal	Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2018.06.001
State	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

adrenal hemorrhage
snakes
vasculotoxicity
venoms

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Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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