| Literature DB >> 9660472 |
A P Premawardena1, S L Seneviratne, S B Gunatilake, H J de Silva.
Abstract
In 56 patients with proven hump-nosed viper (Hypnale hypnale) bites, 12 (21.4%) developed continued oozing of blood from the site of the bite and a prolonged clotting time. Further investigations showed low fibrinogen levels and increased fibrinogen degradation products in plamsa. The bleeding time, platelet count, prothrombin time, and partial thromboplastin time with kaolin were normal. The bite of this snake can be complicated with a coagulopathy in which excessive fibrinolysis seems to be the main abnormality.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9660472 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.821
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345