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Acute kidney injury following Russell's viper bite in the pediatric population: a 6-year experience.
Pediatr Nephrol
; 28(12): 2393-6, 2013 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23982709
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Snake bite continues to be an important public health problem in tropical countries, and Russell's viper is common in south-Asian countries such as India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. CASE-DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT: Russell's viper envenomation can cause acute kidney injury (AKI) by various mechanisms. Few studies address AKI following Russell's viper bite in the pediatric population. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we report our center's 6-year experience of such pediatric patients and identify the poor prognostic factors.