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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In the United States, snake bites can be organized into [[Crotaline (Pit Vipers)]] and [[Elapidae (Coral Snakes)]] | *In the United States, snake bites can be organized into [[Crotaline (Pit Vipers)]] and [[Elapidae (Coral Snakes)]] | ||
*Crotalidae family also includes rattlesnakes, Sistrurus and Agkistrodon species (water moccasins and copperheads).<ref>Goldfranks Toxicology - Envenomations</ref> | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{Bites and stings DDX}} | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
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[[File:Rattle snake.jpg|thumb|[[Rattlesnake]]]] | [[File:Rattle snake.jpg|thumb|[[Rattlesnake]]]] | ||
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*[[Elapidae (Coral Snakes)]] | *[[Elapidae (Coral Snakes)]] | ||
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[[Category:Environ]] | [[Category:Environ]] | ||
[[Category:Tox]] | [[Category:Tox]] | ||
Revisión del 04:17 2 jul 2015
Overview
- In the United States, snake bites can be organized into Crotaline (Pit Vipers) and Elapidae (Coral Snakes)
- Crotalidae family also includes rattlesnakes, Sistrurus and Agkistrodon species (water moccasins and copperheads).[1]
Differential Diagnosis
Envenomations, bites and stings
- Hymenoptera stings (bees, wasps, ants)
- Mammalian bites
- Closed fist infection (Fight bite)
- Dog bite
- Marine toxins and envenomations
- Toxins (ciguatera, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, paralytic shellfish poisoning, scombroid, tetrodotoxin
- Stingers (stingray injury)
- Venomous fish (catfish, zebrafish, scorpion fish, stonefish, cone shells, lionfish, sea urchins)
- Nematocysts (coral reef, fire coral, box jellyfish, sea wasp, portuguese man-of-war, sea anemones)
- Phylum porifera (sponges)
- Bites (alligator/crocodile, octopus, shark)
- Scorpion envenomation
- Reptile envenomation
- Spider bites
Diagnosis
- Clinical Diagnosis
Treatment
Disposition
See Also
References
- ↑ Goldfranks Toxicology - Envenomations