Viper (Agkistrodon halys blomhoffii "Mamushi") Bite with Remarkable Thrombocytopenia

Severe Japanese Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite

Venomous snake bites can be life threatening, occasionally requiring intensive care. For Mamushi bites, conservative treatment may be possible in mild cases but for severe cases or in cases where symptoms do not improve, a horse-derived antivenom is indicated.

Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure after poisonous snake (Agkistrodon halys blomhoffii) bite.

A lethal case of mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite: severe bowel symptoms as a lethal sign

Case We report a lethal case of a mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) bite. An 84-year-old woman was bitten by a mamushi snake on her right elbow. She was initially treated at another hospital, however, because the swelling expanded and her renal function worsened, she was transferred to our hospital. Compartment syndrome, thrombocytopenia, respiratory arrest, and elevated creatinine kinase and lacto...

Green pit viper antivenom from Thailand and Agkistrodon halys antivenom from China compared in treating Cryptelytrops albolabris envenomation of mice.

OBJECTIVE To compare the relative efficacy of the green pit viper antivenom from Thailand and Agkistrodon halys antivenom from China. DESIGN. In-vivo experimental study. SETTING A wildlife conservation organisation, a university, a poison information centre, and a regional hospital in Hong Kong. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pre- and post-antivenom lethal dose 50 (LD50) of the Cryptelytrops albolab...

A Horned Viper Bite Victim with PRES

Neurological complications of snake bites have been well documented in the literature as neuromuscular paralysis and cerebrovascular complications; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome was rarely described. A 23-year-old lady presented near full term of her pregnancy with a horned snake Cerastes cerastes bite; after successful delivery she started complaining of altered mental status an...