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Management of Snakebite-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) With Plasmapheresis
Takshak Shankar1, Nidhi Kaeley1, Mukund Rajta1
1Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, IND.
Abstract:
Snakebites affect a lot of people in India. Of these, the hemotoxic snakebites may induce a consumptive coagulopathy, which has been termed now as "Venom-Induced Consumptive Coagulopathy" (VICC). Some patients with VICC develop Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA). The primary end-organ damage in TMA is renal, for which hemodialysis is the mainstay of treatment. Recently there has been some focus on plasma exchange as an adjunctive treatment for TMA. Here we present a case of a young male who developed snakebite-induced TMA and who was successfully managed with plasma exchange.
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