Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

We present the case of a patient who presented with viper-induced consumptive coagulopathy after a bite on the thumb from a decapitated eastern diamondback rattlesnake. The patient was evaluated and treated in the Emergency Department and was admitted to the intensive care unit.

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Autores principales: Titelbaum, Nicholas V, Elbadri, Samyr, Wilson, James L, Desai, Bobby, Falgiani, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6999724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32047712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6575
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author Titelbaum, Nicholas V
Elbadri, Samyr
Wilson, James L
Desai, Bobby
Falgiani, Michael
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spelling pubmed-69997242020-02-11 Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Titelbaum, Nicholas V Elbadri, Samyr Wilson, James L Desai, Bobby Falgiani, Michael Cureus Emergency Medicine We present the case of a patient who presented with viper-induced consumptive coagulopathy after a bite on the thumb from a decapitated eastern diamondback rattlesnake. The patient was evaluated and treated in the Emergency Department and was admitted to the intensive care unit. Cureus 2020-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6999724/ /pubmed/32047712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6575 Text en Copyright © 2020, Titelbaum et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Titelbaum, Nicholas V
Elbadri, Samyr
Wilson, James L
Desai, Bobby
Falgiani, Michael
Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title_full Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title_fullStr Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title_full_unstemmed Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title_short Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
title_sort viper-induced consumptive coagulopathy from a decapitated eastern diamondback rattlesnake
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6999724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32047712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6575
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