Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2065066 | Toxicon | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A case of a 45-day-old male infant, bitten on the neck by nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes), is reported. This episode occurred while the baby was on a picnic with his parents in a hill near a town in southern Croatia. In spite of immediate arrival at hospital, where antivenom was administrated and all the necessary treatment measures were carried out, the infant died 6 h following the bite. The cause of death was severe and progressive hyperkalaemia, massive intravascular haemolysis, severe coagulopathy and myocardial dysfunction.
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Authors
Boris Lukšić, Viktor Čulić, Luka Stričević, Ivica Brizić, Nikola K. Poljak, Zoran Tadić,