Rev Assoc Med Bras
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Comparative Study
[Deaths caused by venomous snakes in the State of São Paulo: evaluation of 43 cases from 1988 to 1993].
The prognostic factors and the causes for obit occurrence in ophidian envenoming are yet not completely clear. ⋯ Most of the accidents and obits are caused by Bothrops; Crotalus envenoming, leg bites, and accidents in 50 year-old patients (or more) are frequently lethal; the most common complication in lethal cases is acute renal failure.