Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report
BackgroundWorldwide, millions of people suffer from snakebites every year. In Ecuador, as of epidemiological week 30 of 2024, approximately 271 cases have been reported.Clinical caseA 54-year-old male patient suffered a snakebite from the Viperidae family 24 h ago, on his right upper limb. Classifie...
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| author | Elías David Guamán-Charco Anabel Paredes-Ponce Hugo Orellana-Chimbay Nelson Omares Genesis Guamán-Charco Mario Rubio Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez Esteban Ortiz-Prado |
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| description | BackgroundWorldwide, millions of people suffer from snakebites every year. In Ecuador, as of epidemiological week 30 of 2024, approximately 271 cases have been reported.Clinical caseA 54-year-old male patient suffered a snakebite from the Viperidae family 24 h ago, on his right upper limb. Classified as moderate envenomation, he was given antivenom and admitted to the hospital. During his stay, he began to show clinical and paraclinical alterations, including sinus bradycardia on the electrocardiogram and acute renal injury, requiring dialysis therapy sessions. In daily ECG controls on day 13, the heart rate normalized. However, after day 22, he was discharged but remained under triweekly dialysis therapy.ConclusionComplications from snakebites are rare, both cardiovascular and renal, but can be potentially fatal without early detection and timely treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-710cc6158a64417cb58125c8ad5528bb2025-08-20T03:18:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2025-08-011210.3389/fmed.2025.16000671600067Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case reportElías David Guamán-Charco0Anabel Paredes-Ponce1Hugo Orellana-Chimbay2Nelson Omares3Genesis Guamán-Charco4Mario Rubio5Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez6Esteban Ortiz-Prado7One Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, EcuadorEmergency Department, Marco Vinicio Iza Hospital, Nueva Loja, EcuadorInternal Medicine Department, Marco Vinicio Iza Hospital, Nueva Loja, EcuadorInternal Medicine Department, Marco Vinicio Iza Hospital, Nueva Loja, EcuadorFaculty of Medicine, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, EcuadorCardiology Service, Baca Ortiz Hospital, Quito, EcuadorOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, EcuadorOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, EcuadorBackgroundWorldwide, millions of people suffer from snakebites every year. In Ecuador, as of epidemiological week 30 of 2024, approximately 271 cases have been reported.Clinical caseA 54-year-old male patient suffered a snakebite from the Viperidae family 24 h ago, on his right upper limb. Classified as moderate envenomation, he was given antivenom and admitted to the hospital. During his stay, he began to show clinical and paraclinical alterations, including sinus bradycardia on the electrocardiogram and acute renal injury, requiring dialysis therapy sessions. In daily ECG controls on day 13, the heart rate normalized. However, after day 22, he was discharged but remained under triweekly dialysis therapy.ConclusionComplications from snakebites are rare, both cardiovascular and renal, but can be potentially fatal without early detection and timely treatment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1600067/fullsnakebitesinus bradycardiaacute kidney injuryViperidaesnakebite envenomation |
| spellingShingle | Elías David Guamán-Charco Anabel Paredes-Ponce Hugo Orellana-Chimbay Nelson Omares Genesis Guamán-Charco Mario Rubio Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez Esteban Ortiz-Prado Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report Frontiers in Medicine snakebite sinus bradycardia acute kidney injury Viperidae snakebite envenomation |
| title | Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report |
| title_full | Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report |
| title_fullStr | Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report |
| title_short | Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report |
| title_sort | sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to viperidae snakebite first case report |
| topic | snakebite sinus bradycardia acute kidney injury Viperidae snakebite envenomation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1600067/full |
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