https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/5838
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | Stroke and snakebite: case report |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | Arq Neuropsiquiatr |
Autor(es): | Soares, Paulo César Santos Bacellar, Aroldo Povoas, Heitor Portella Brito, Alex Ferreira Santana, Diana Lara Pinto de |
Autor(es): | Soares, Paulo César Santos Bacellar, Aroldo Povoas, Heitor Portella Brito, Alex Ferreira Santana, Diana Lara Pinto de |
Abstract: | Snakebites are common and lead to potential complications like neuromyopathies and strokes, these last associated with disturbances of blood coagulation. We report on a 65 years old woman of cerebral intraparenchymal hemorrhage associated with snakebite by a Bothrops jararaca that occurred in the Reconcavo of Bahia, BA, Brazil. The patient was submitted to a surgical evacuation of the hematoma, with a good result. This report is accompanied by a revision about the association among snakebite and neurological complications, emphasizing strokes. Statistics reveal a hight incidence of snakebite in the world, mainly in tropical countries and gets attention for his socioeconomic impact. The clinical and laboratorial characteristics to identify the victims that present a high risk of presenting strokes are discussed in order to identify early those patients, so that they may be treated in a more precocious and effective way. |
Palavras-chave: | Snakebite Coagulopathy Stroke Bothrops |
Editora / Evento / Instituição: | Associação Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Dr. Oswaldo Lange |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/5838 |
Data do documento: | Jun-2007 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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