Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care
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We present a case of severe taipan envenoming in northern New South Wales in a 68-year-old man. He developed severe neurotoxicity requiring intubation and ventilation, venom-induced consumption coagulopathy, myotoxicity and thrombotic microangiopathy with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. ⋯ Taipan venom was detected in serum (72 ng/ml) following concern about the severity of neurotoxicity, clinical toxicology consultation and a concurrent report of a taipan in the area. Based on this it would be prudent to stock and consider treating with polyvalent antivenom in north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Sep 2024
Historical ArticleHirudin and the evolution of leeches in medicine.