Complications of Bothrops, Porthidium, and Bothriechis snakebites in Colombia. A clinical and epidemiological study of 39 cases attended in a university hospital

R Otero, J Guti�rrez, MB Mesa, E Duque, O Rodrı́guez…�- Toxicon, 2002 - Elsevier
The clinical and epidemiological features, as well as complications presented by 39 patients
with Bothrops, Porthidium and Bothriechis snakebites, are described. Patients were admitted
during 1 year in 25 hospitals of Antioquia and Choc� and then, they were transferred to the
Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Pa�l in Medellı́n, 30 of them because of the presence
of complications, eight because of lack of antivenoms and another one because of the
desire of his relatives. Thirty-one (79.5%) of the patients were male, 13 (33.3%) children�…
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