Open Access<p>Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Following Snakebite: A Putatively Rare Complication of Envenomation and Review of the Literature</p>
Author(s) -
Reynaldo P. Lazaro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international medical case reports journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1179-142X
DOI - 10.2147/imcrj.s275591
Subject(s) - complex regional pain syndrome , medicine , exacerbation , complication , weakness , allodynia , neuropathic pain , anesthesia , pediatrics , hyperalgesia , surgery , nociception , receptor
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) following snakebite is considered rare. Only four cases have been reported in the world literature. The present case is the first in the United States. We felt the need to report this case to bring attention to health-care providers that CRPS is probably an under-recognized complication of snakebite.