Table 1.
Complications | Snake Species | Sex/Age | Bite Mark | Other Symptoms | Presuming Venom Components |
Outcome | Antivenom/Amount | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cerebral infarction |
Bothrops lanceolatus (Fer-de-Lance) |
M/74 | Elbow | Atrial fibrillation | SVMPs, Hemotoxin | Dead | IV Antivenom/80 mL | [11] |
Cerebral infarction |
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Asian palm pit viper) |
F/49 | Foot | Speech disturbances | SVMPs, Hemotoxin, | Recovered | IV Antivenom/3 vials | [18] |
Intracranial hemorrhage |
Bothrops jararacussu (Jararacussu) |
M/52 | Foot | Sudden loss of consciousness | SVMPs, Hemotoxin | Recovered | IV Antivenom/Unclear | [10] |
Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
Bothrops atrox (Fer-de-Lance) |
F/59 | Foot | Hypothermia, Bradycardia and Hypotension | SVMPs, Hemotoxin | Dead | IV Antivenom/80 mL | [19] |
Cerebral edema and hemorrhage |
Crotalus adamanteus (Eastern diamondback rattlesnake) |
M/54 | Hand | Facial fasciculations | SVMPs, Hemotoxin, Neurotoxin | Dead | IV Antivenom/16 vials | [14] |
Intracranial hemorrhage | Unidentified species | F/48 | Hand | Exotropia | SVMPs, Hemotoxin, | Recover with minor visual complication | IV Antivenom/Unclear | [20] |
ADEM | Deinagkistrodon acutus | M/50 | Foot | Severe pain | SVMPs, Hemotoxin | Recovered | IV Antivenom/1 vial | [21] |
ADEM: Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis; AHL: Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis; SVMPs: Snake-venom metalloproteinases; PLA2: Phospholipase A2.