Shock, respiratory failure, and coagulopathy after an intravenous copperhead envenomation
Truman Milling, MD
University Medical Center at Brackenridge, Austin, TX 78731, USA
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Fig. 1
Electrocardiogram at presentation.
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Electrocardiogram on third hospital day.
We report the first documented case of rapid onset shock, respiratory failure, and coagulopathy after an intravenous copperhead envenomation. The 47-year-old victim, bitten over his left greater saphenous vein, responded to Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (ovine) (CroFab; FabAV, Savage Laboratories, Melville, NY) fragment therapy and recovered completely, leaving the hospital 3 days later.
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