Open AccessSwarming hornet attacks: shock and acute kidney injury--a large case series from Vietnam
Author(s) -
Bich Huyen Nguyen Xuan,
H. L.,
T. X. N. Thi,
M. T. H. thi,
Hung N. Nguyen,
Rahmin A. Rabenou
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp583
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , shock (circulatory) , acute tubular necrosis , renal replacement therapy , kidney , surgery
Social hornets attack victims in swarms in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The venom consists of multiple proteins with myotoxin, haemotoxin, vasodilatory and anticoagulant effects.
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