Citation

Rencher L, Schwartz J, Wilson A. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

From the *Dell Children's Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; and †Dell Children's Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Critical Care.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0000000000000977

PMID

27902669

Abstract

Rattlesnake envenomation causes a spectrum of symptoms and signs, many of which closely resemble an anaphylactic reaction. Development of airway compromise after a snake bite to an extremity is unusual, but has been previously reported. The majority of such reports detail a history of probable sensitization from previous contact with snakes or snake venom. Few reports exist without such previous contact; no reports are of pediatric cases. Here we present a 14-year-old boy with no history of prior snake exposure who presents with an anaphylactoid reaction after a rattlesnake bite.

Language: en