Citation

Silva A, Hifumi T, Sakai A, Yamamoto A, Murakawa M, Ato M, Shibayama K, Ginnaga A, Kato H, Koido Y, Inoue J, Abe Y, Kawakita K, Hagiike M, Kuroda Y. J. Intensive Care 2014; 2(1): 43.

Affiliation

Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793 Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s40560-014-0043-6

PMID

25520845

Abstract

As a response to the recent article by Hifumi et al. published in the Journal of Intensive Care, the present correspondence clarifies the family-level taxonomy of the yamakagashi (Rhabdophis tigrinus). Further, the relevance of the term 'venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy,' instead of disseminated intravascular coagulation, in describing the procoagulant coagulopathy of R. tigrinus is highlighted.

Language: en