Open AccessComplex regional pain syndrome following southern Pacific rattlesnake ( C. oreganus helleri ) envenoming
Author(s) -
House Lawrence McLean,
Lewin Matthew R,
Naidu Ramana K.,
Beqaj Halil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5019
Subject(s) - complex regional pain syndrome , medicine , viper , anesthesia , fishery , venom , biology
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) has rarely been reported in the setting of snakebite but might be more common than previously reported. We present the third case of CRPS reported in North America and the first resulting from a pit‐viper's bite.