Pit viper envenomation in pregnancy: a case report and literature review.
Pit viper bites are very rare in pregnant patients and there is no consensus for treatment. This case report describes the treatment of a 28-year-old woman at 26 weeks gestation who suffered a pit viper envenomation.
Department of Surgery, Citizens Medical Center, Victoria, Texas 77901, USA.
Craig G
CG
Chang
Charlie
C
Jaynes
Miguel C
MC
Fernández
Stephen T
ST
Hougen
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy*; D017819:Viperidae