Acute kidney failure following severe viper envenomation: clinical, biological and ultrasonographic aspects.

Blaise Adelin TchaouKofi-Mensa Savi de TovéCharles Frédéric Tchégnonsi N'VènonfonPatrick Kouomboua MfinAbdou-Rahman AguemonMartin ChobliJean-Philippe François Chippaux

Published in: The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases (2020)

AKI is a common complication of severe snakebite envenomation. Resulting from inflammatory and hemorrhagic disorders, AKI may prove to be a short-term life-threatening factor.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
drug induced
early onset
liver failure
oxidative stress
respiratory failure
hepatitis b virus