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RENAL FAILURE AFTER SNAKE BITE
Author(s) -
Harris Arthur R. C.,
Hurst P. E.,
Saker B. M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130287.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , snake bites , intensive care medicine , chronic renal failure , biology , envenomation , venom , ecology
Three cases of acute renal failure after snake bite are presented. All required dialysis and the recovery phase was prolonged in each case. Investigations show that microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia was associated with the acute renal failure.