Rattlesnake bite in a patient with horse allergy and von Willebrand's disease: case report.
Massasauga rattlesnakes are the only poisonous snakes in Ontario. While death from bites of this species is rare, the bite could cause a coagulopathy. I report a case of rattlesnake bite in a patient with asthma, horse allergy, and a documented congenital clotting abnormality.
Dubinsky
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Department of Emergency Medicine, North York General Hospital.
D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D017839:Crotalus; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications*
D000997:Antivenins; D003435:Crotalid Venoms