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Remote South American Snakebite with Extensive Myonecrosis

This report describes a patient envenomated by a Bothrops atrox, common fer-de-lance viper, in the remote rainforest of eastern Ecuador and without access to definitive care for seven days. Antivenom was not administered; by the time of presentation to a hospital, he had suffered myonecrosis of his...

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Autores principales: Means, Russel, Cabrera, Jannella, Moreno, Xavier, Amini, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Depatment of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849429
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2016.11.31220
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description This report describes a patient envenomated by a Bothrops atrox, common fer-de-lance viper, in the remote rainforest of eastern Ecuador and without access to definitive care for seven days. Antivenom was not administered; by the time of presentation to a hospital, he had suffered myonecrosis of his lower leg, which was treated with debridement and eventual skin graft. The ramifications of this long evacuation demonstrate the need for more accessible health services and educational outreach.
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spelling pubmed-59654402018-05-30 Remote South American Snakebite with Extensive Myonecrosis Means, Russel Cabrera, Jannella Moreno, Xavier Amini, Richard Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report This report describes a patient envenomated by a Bothrops atrox, common fer-de-lance viper, in the remote rainforest of eastern Ecuador and without access to definitive care for seven days. Antivenom was not administered; by the time of presentation to a hospital, he had suffered myonecrosis of his lower leg, which was treated with debridement and eventual skin graft. The ramifications of this long evacuation demonstrate the need for more accessible health services and educational outreach. Depatment of Emergency Medicine 2017-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5965440/ /pubmed/29849429 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2016.11.31220 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Means et al. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Remote South American Snakebite with Extensive Myonecrosis
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title_short Remote South American Snakebite with Extensive Myonecrosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965440/
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