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Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report.

Agnès EsiénéPaul Owono EtoundiJoel Noutakdie TochieArlette Junette Mbengono MetogoJacqueline Ze Minkande
Published in: BMC emergency medicine (2019)
The authors highlight this unusual presentation but equally pinpoint how late presentation to the emergency department, harmful tradition practices, poverty and cultural beliefs can adversely affect the prognosis of snakebite in our setting.
Keyphrases
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  • acute kidney injury
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