Cargando…
Viper bites complicate chronic agrochemical nephropathy in rural Sri Lanka
Snakebite is a common occupational health hazard among Sri Lankan agricultural workers, particularly in the North Central Province. Viperine snakes, mainly Russell’s viper envenomation, frequently lead to acute renal failure. During the last two decades, an agrochemical nephropathy, a chronic tubulo...
Autores principales: | Silva, Anjana, Samarasinghe, Rivikelum, Pilapitiya, Senaka, Dahanayake, Niroshana, Siribaddana, Sisira |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2014
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4136642/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25136354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-33 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Acute Myocardial Infarction following a possible direct intravenous bite of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelli)
por: Silva, Anjana, et al.
Publicado: (2012) -
Neuromuscular Effects of Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) Envenoming in Sri Lanka
por: Silva, Anjana, et al.
Publicado: (2016) -
Time delays in treatment of snakebite patients in rural Sri Lanka and the need for rapid diagnostic tests
por: Silva, Anjana, et al.
Publicado: (2020) -
Regulation of herbal medicine use based on speculation? A case from Sri Lanka
por: Wijesinghe, Wathsala, et al.
Publicado: (2016) -
Hyponatraemia and seizures in Merrem’s hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) envenoming: a case report
por: de Silva, Umesh, et al.
Publicado: (2018)