Snake Envenomation

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Narrative Reviews

Snake Envenomation

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Sections

General | Monitoring & Investigations | Therapies

General

General

Bittenbinderl. Tissue damaging toxins in snake venoms: mechanisms of action, pathophysiology and treatment strategies. Commun Biol 2024;7:358
Warrell. Clinical aspects of snakebite envenoming and its treatment in low-resource settings. Lancet 2023;401:1382-1398
Seifert. Snake Envenomation. N Engl J Med 2022;386(1):68-78

Background

Pathophysiology

Conditions

Conditions

Complications

Thrombotic Microangiopathy

Noutsos. Snakebite Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Recommendations for Clinical Practice. Toxins 2022;14(1):57

Secondary Infections

Leonard. Adding insult to injury: A review of infections following envenomings. Toxicon X 2025;27:100230

Monitoring & Investigations

General

Therapies

General

Last updated July 21st, 2025