Brain Dead Presentation of Snake Bite

Snakebite is considered as a significant public health problem contributing considerably to morbidity and mortality. A neurotoxic snake bite can present from mild ptosis to complete paralysis with external and internal ophthalmoplegia. Three patients presented in emergency intubated outside with dee...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Sonika, Kaeley, Nidhi, Khanduri, Sushant, Kishore, Nand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_318_17
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Sumario:Snakebite is considered as a significant public health problem contributing considerably to morbidity and mortality. A neurotoxic snake bite can present from mild ptosis to complete paralysis with external and internal ophthalmoplegia. Three patients presented in emergency intubated outside with deeply comatose, fixed dilated pupil, and absent doll's eye reflex mimicking as brain dead.

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