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Severe Lung Oedema and Fatal Consumption Coagulopathy after Funnel‐Web Bite
Author(s) -
Torda T. A.,
Loong E.,
Greaves I.
Publication year - 1980
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.1326-5377.1980.tb131914.x
Subject(s) - coagulopathy , medicine , envenomation , consumptive coagulopathy , lung , surgery , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , venom , ecology , biology
A young woman who was bitten by a male funnel‐web spider presented with early, severe pulmonary oedema which was successfully managed with positive end expiratory pressure ventilation. However, three days after envenomation, she developed a consumption coagulopathy which proved fatal. It is evident that our knowledge of the actions of the toxin is incomplete, and that the standard method of management advocated by previous writers is inadequate.