Three patients presented respiratory abnormalities following Crotalus durissus snakebite. These abnormalities appeared in the first 48 h after the snake bite and consisted of dyspnea, tachypnea, use of accessory muscles of respiration (cases 1 and 2) and flaring of the nostrils (case 2). Cases 1 and 2 developed acute respiratory failure. Case 2, 24 h after the snakebite presented difficult breathing and periods...
Sixty-three patients with acute renal failure (ARF) following snake bite were treated in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital das Clínicas of Federal University of Minas Gerais. In 32 patients (51%) ARF followed Bothrops snake bite and in 31 patients (49%) followed Crotalus durissus terrificus snake bite. The main complications presented by the patients were uremia (all cases), hyperpotassemia (89% of the cases)...
Relatam-se dois casos de rabdomiólise secundária a envenenamento produzido por Crotalus durissus terrificus. O diagnóstico da rabdomiólise baseou-se na mialgia intensa e generalizada apresentada pelos pacientes e na constatação de níveis séricos elevados de CPK, TGO e DHL. A confirmação do diagnóstico foi obtida no caso n.° 2 pela detecção de mioglobina no soro através de imunoeletroforese contra soro antimiogl...