Video Presentation of Myokymia in a Snakebite

Patients with snakebites have highly variable presentations, and delayed diagnosis may lead to unfavorable outcomes. Here, we describe the case of a snakebite in a 23-year-old male who presented with myokymias. On management with mechanical ventilation and anti-snake venom, the patient improved and...

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Autores principales: Garg, Aman, Kaur, Baldeep, Cheema, Yuvraj S, Gupta, Shivani, Raju, Tagru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522488
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16844
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author Garg, Aman
Kaur, Baldeep
Cheema, Yuvraj S
Gupta, Shivani
Raju, Tagru
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description Patients with snakebites have highly variable presentations, and delayed diagnosis may lead to unfavorable outcomes. Here, we describe the case of a snakebite in a 23-year-old male who presented with myokymias. On management with mechanical ventilation and anti-snake venom, the patient improved and was discharged. The presence of myokymias may be an early clue to diagnosis and the need for mechanical ventilation in a patient with a snakebite.
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spelling pubmed-84251302021-09-13 Video Presentation of Myokymia in a Snakebite Garg, Aman Kaur, Baldeep Cheema, Yuvraj S Gupta, Shivani Raju, Tagru Cureus Emergency Medicine Patients with snakebites have highly variable presentations, and delayed diagnosis may lead to unfavorable outcomes. Here, we describe the case of a snakebite in a 23-year-old male who presented with myokymias. On management with mechanical ventilation and anti-snake venom, the patient improved and was discharged. The presence of myokymias may be an early clue to diagnosis and the need for mechanical ventilation in a patient with a snakebite. Cureus 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8425130/ /pubmed/34522488 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16844 Text en Copyright © 2021, Garg et al. https://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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425130/
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