Rattlesnake bite in a patient with horse allergy and von Willebrand's disease: case report. (original) (raw)

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• Can Fam Physician
• v.42; 1996 Nov
• PMC2146932

Can Fam Physician. 1996 Nov; 42: 2207–2211.

Department of Emergency Medicine, North York General Hospital.

Abstract

Massasauga rattlesnakes are the only poisonous snakes in Ontario. While death from bites of this species is rare, the bite could cause a coagulopathy. I report a case of rattlesnake bite in a patient with asthma, horse allergy, and a documented congenital clotting abnormality.

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