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Severe envenomation with convulsion following multiple bites by a common brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
Author(s) -
WHITE J.,
WILLIAMS V.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb01430.x
Subject(s) - envenomation , medicine , antivenom , convulsion , bandage , coagulopathy , venom , anesthesia , surgery , biology , psychiatry , epilepsy , ecology
A case report of envenomation by a common brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis , in a 3.3 year old boy is presented. He suffered a brief grand mal convulsion 10 min after the bite which was shortly after removal of a compression bandage. A severe coagulopathy of the defibrination type required administration of five ampoules of brown snake monovalent antivenom (CSL). The association of envenomation by snakes and convulsions is discussed, as is the management of severe defibrination due to envenomation.