Predicting acute renal failure in Bothrops snakebite patients in a tertiary reference center, Western Brazilian Amazon.

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is the main systemic complication and cause of death in viperid envenomation. Although there are hypotheses for the development of AKI, the mechanisms involved are still not established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical-laboratorial-epidemiological factors...

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Main Authors: Eliane Campos Alves, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, José Diego de Brito Sousa, Sâmella Silva de Oliveira, Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento, Alessandra Dos Santos Santos, Iran Mendonça da Silva, Ana Maria Moura da Silva, Fan Hui Wen, Mônica Colombini, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6097671?pdf=render