Fibrinogenopenia in Snake Bite
Authors: JACOBO GHITIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Case Studies1 November 1963Fibrinogenopenia in Snake BiteJACOBO GHITIS, M.D., VIRGINIA BONELLI, M.S.JACOBO GHITIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VIRGINIA BONELLI, M.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-5-737 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe opportunity to study the mechanisms of coagulation in a patient bitten by a poisonous snake is rarely encountered. The present report is concerned with a patient who was studied for several days after being bitten and had not received antivenom treatment.CASE REPORTA 6-year-old mestizo girl was bitten in the right ankle by a snake which, according to the father's description, was most probably abothrops atrox, a common species of poisonous snake in the area of Colombia, South America. Four days after the bite, the child was taken to the rural hospital where she received supportive treatment....References1. FOWELL AH: Turbidimetric method of fibrinogen assay. Amer. J. Clin. Path. 25: 340, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. SCHNEIDER C: Etiology of fibrinopenia: fibrination defibrination. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 75: 634, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. GITTERLEVYKOCHWADE VRIESRECHNICCASPER SGSAJJ: Studies on the venom of echis colorata. Amer. J. Trop. Med. 9: 391, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. RECHNICTRACHTENBERGCASPERMOROZDE VRIES JPJCA: Afibrinogenemia and thrombocytopenia in guinea pigs following injection of Echis Colorata venom. Blood 25: 735, 1962. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. JANSKY B: Action of the venom of bothrops atrox on fibrinogen. Science 110: 307, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. TAYLORWRIGHT AIS: Intravenous trypsin. Circulation 10: 331, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. MCCREARYWURZEL TH: Poisonous snake bites. JAMA 170: 268, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. QUICKHUSSEYHARRISPETERS AJCVJK: Effect of injecting thrombin intravenously. Fed. Proc. 18: 305, 1959. Google Scholar9. SNYDER R: Snake bites. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 103: 85, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. ANDREWS CE: The treatment of diamondback rattlesnake bite: vitamin K an adjunct. Arch. Surg. (Chicago) 81: 699, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JACOBO GHITIS, M.D.; VIRGINIA BONELLI, M.S.Affiliations: Cali,From the Department of Medicine, Universidad del Valle Medical School and the Hospital Universitario del Valle "Evaristo Garcia."Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jacobo Ghitis, M.D., Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe effects of defibrinogenation with batroxobin on endotoxin-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation in ratsDefibrinogenation with Thrombin-Like Snake Venom EnzymesUnusual Complication of Snake Bite: Hypopituitarism after Viper BitesCLINICAL DISORDERS RELATED TO BLOOD PLATELETSAFIBRINOGENÆMIA AND SNAKE VENOMSDEFIBRINATION BY AGKISTRODON RHODOSTOMA VENOM 1 November 1963Volume 59, Issue 5_Part_1Page: 737-739KeywordsAnklesBlood plasmaHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...