Snake bite: an unusual cause of acute abdominal pain.
Pain abdomen is one of the most commonly encountered complaints in pediatric emergency room. We report a seven-year-old resident of Delhi, who presented with sudden onset abdominal pain for three hours, and later went on to develop neuro-muscular paralysis and respiratory failure. The cause was found to be snake-bite. The child had a stormy course and full recovery.
Kohli
Utkarsh
U
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India. utkarshkohli@hotmail.com
Sreedhar
Vijeshu
V
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002038:Bungarotoxins; D017838:Bungarus; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000997:Antivenins; D002038:Bungarotoxins