Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Fang
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003220; https://doaj.org/article/0fd0a911658943d3bec721046d036393

Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening haemorrhage. Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VIC...