Citation

Waikhom R, Makkar V, Sarkar D, Patil K, Singh A, Bennikal M. Pediatr. Nephrol. 2013; 28(12): 2393-2396.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, India, rajesh.waikhom@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00467-013-2601-x

PMID

23982709

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Snake bite continues to be an important public health problem in tropical countries, and Russell's viper is common in south-Asian countries such as India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. CASE-DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT: Russell's viper envenomation can cause acute kidney injury (AKI) by various mechanisms. Few studies address AKI following Russell's viper bite in the pediatric population. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we report our center's 6-year experience of such pediatric patients and identify the poor prognostic factors.

Language: en