Citation

Chang CG, Jaynes C, Fernández MC, Hougen ST. J. Emerg. Med. 2006; 30(2): 167-169.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Citizens Medical Center, Victoria, Texas 77901, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.12.001

PMID

16567252

Abstract

Pit viper bites are very rare in pregnant patients and there is no consensus for treatment. This case report describes the treatment of a 28-year-old woman at 26 weeks gestation who suffered a pit viper envenomation.

Language: en