Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report

BACKGROUND: Snake envenomation is an underestimated pathology in sub-Saharan Africa associated with severe emergencies, and even death in case of late presentation. We herein present a case of severe envenomation managed at the surgical emergency department of the Yaoundé Central Hospital. CASE PRES...

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Autores principales: Esiéné, Agnès, Etoundi, Paul Owono, Tochie, Joel Noutakdie, Metogo, Arlette Junette Mbengono, Minkande, Jacqueline Ze
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0239-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0239-0

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