Snakebite-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: Data from Southeast Anatolia

• Published in: Renal failure Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 51 - 55
• Main Authors: Danis, Ramazan, Ozmen, Sehmus, Celen, Mustafa Kemal, Akin, Davut, Ayaz, Celal, Yazanel, Orhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Informa UK Ltd 2008; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: acute kidney injury; Acute Kidney Injury - blood; Acute Kidney Injury - etiology; Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Daboia; disseminated intravascular coagulation; Female; Humans; Kidneys; Male; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Risk Factors; Snake Bites - complications; snakebite; Turkey; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; viperidae; Turkey; Kidney disease; Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Acute kidney injury; Hemopathy; Viperidae; Ophidia; Vertebrata; snakebite; Anesthesia; Reptilia; disseminated intravascular coagulation; Coagulopathy; Resuscitation

Renal failure is an important complication of snakebite and a major cause of mortality. We aimed to study the clinical profile of snake envenomation in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey, in an adult population. We retrospectively analyzed the records of 200 snakebite victims from 1998 to 2006 at the Dicle...