Acute anuric renal failure after pigmy rattlesnake bite.
Acute renal failure has been known to follow viper bites in up to 30% of patients, but we believe we have reported the first case in which anuric renal failure developed after the bite of a pigmy rattlesnake. Our patient's renal failure is thought to have been due to a combination of rhabdomyolysis and intrarenal thrombosis caused by DIC. Prompt surgical debridement should be offered to the victim of a bite by any poisonous snake, and antivenin should be administered to any patient with signs of systemic envenomation, with close monitoring for signs of allergic reactions.
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Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
Luginbuhl
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Tisher
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000009:adverse effects; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012911:Snakes
D000997:Antivenins; D003435:Crotalid Venoms