Renal failure and neonatal death following snakebite during pregnancy: a case report



Document title: Renal failure and neonatal death following snakebite during pregnancy: a case report
Journal: The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000298941
ISSN: 1678-9199
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1University of Elgadarif, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Elgadarif. Sudán
2University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum. Sudán
Year:
Volumen: 12
Number: 4
Pages: 653-656
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico
English abstract A thirty-five-year-old Sudanese woman (gravida 4, para 3), at 34 weeks gestational age, presented with snakebite in her right leg. Examination of the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems revealed no abnormalities. Her blood urea was 58 mg/dl; creatinine, 2.6 mg/dl; whole blood clotting time, 5:35 minutes. The patient was diagnosed as having acute renal failure and was then managed conservatively. She received polyvalent antivenom serum intravenously. On the next day, she delivered prematurely and the baby passed away due to respiratory distress. There was no postpartum bleeding and the patient's clotting time was 5:30 minutes. She was discharged from the hospital after 7 days when her clinical, biochemical and hematological parameters returned to normal values without dialysis
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Ginecología y obstetricia,
Toxicología,
Mordeduras de serpiente,
Embarazo,
Falla renal,
Muerte neonatal
Keyword: Medicine,
Gynecology and obstetrics,
Toxicology,
Snake bites,
Pregnancy,
Renal failure,
Neonatal death
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