Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Nicholas V Titelbaum; Samyr Elbadri; James L Wilson; Bobby Desai; Michael Falgiani

doi:10.7759/cureus.6575

Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Cureus. 2020 Jan 6;12(1):e6575. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6575.

Authors

Nicholas V Titelbaum¹, Samyr Elbadri¹, James L Wilson¹, Bobby Desai¹, Michael Falgiani¹

Affiliation

¹ Emergency Medicine, Ocala Regional Medical Center, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Ocala, USA.

Abstract

We present the case of a patient who presented with viper-induced consumptive coagulopathy after a bite on the thumb from a decapitated eastern diamondback rattlesnake. The patient was evaluated and treated in the Emergency Department and was admitted to the intensive care unit.

Keywords: crotalid; crotalidae polyvalent immune fab; rattlesnake; viper-induced consumptive coagulopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports