RATTLESNAKE BITE IN A PATIENT WITH HORSE ALLERGY AND VON WILLEBRANDS DISEASE - CASE-REPORT

Authors
DUBINSKY I
Citation
I. Dubinsky, RATTLESNAKE BITE IN A PATIENT WITH HORSE ALLERGY AND VON WILLEBRANDS DISEASE - CASE-REPORT, Canadian family physician, 42, 1996, pp. 2207-2211
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Canadian family physician → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008350X
Volume
42
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2207 - 2211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-350X(1996)42:<2207:RBIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Massasauga rattlesnakes are the only poisonous snakes in Ontario. Whil e death from bites of this species is rare, the bite could cause a coa gulopathy. I report a case of rattlesnake bite in a patient with asthm a, horse allergy, and a documented congenital clotting abnormality.