Citation

Vikrant S, Parashar A. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2017; 28(3): 249-252.

Affiliation

Departments of Nephrology (Dr Vikrant) and Community Medicine (Dr Parashar), Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2017.05.007

PMID

28732755

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an unusual complication of wasp stings. Treatment of established AKI is largely supportive but the preventive strategies are not well documented. This is a report of 2 human cases that developed AKI after multiple wasp stings (Vespa magnifica). Each patient reached the hospital early in their clinical course and was treated with intravenous hydration and urine alkalization. In both the cases the severity of AKI, morbidity, and duration of hospitalization were reduced. The requirement of dialysis therapy was avoided. We propose early treatment with intravenous hydration, diuretic administration, and urine alkalization in such cases to prevent systemic and renal complications.

Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

acute kidney injury; hemolysis; hymenoptera stings; rhabdomyolysis; wasp stings