Elapid snakebite as a cause of severe hypertension.
Snakebite is a common medical emergency in tropical countries, however, autonomic dysfunction is an uncommon manifestation of snakebite. The authors present an unusual manifestation of severe neurotoxic snake envenomation: severe hypertension requiring intravenous antihypertensives. A review of the literature on autonomic dysfunction in neurotoxic snake envenomation is also presented.
Agarwal
Ritesh
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Aggarwal
Ashutosh N
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Gupta
Dheeraj
D