ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN SNAKE BITE :A STUDY ON PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME

Dr Balamurugan, Dr. Kandasamy, Dr A. Prakash, Dr Johnson

Abstract


Snake bite induced Acute kidney injury(AKI) is very common in our state of Tamilnadu  and is associated with significant morbidity & mortality. This study was undertaken to study the factors associated with development of AKI , need for Renal replacement therapy(RRT) & its outcome.Prolonged Bite to hospital time, Persistent oliguria, Thrombocytopenia, Coagulation abnormalities are associated with poor prognosis.


Keywords


Snake bite,AKI, RRT,Thrombocytopenia,Coagulation abnormality

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