Abstract

Research Article

Snake envenomation during pregnancy

Denisse G Martinez and Newton G Osborne*

Published: 23 December, 2019 | Volume 2 - Issue 2 | Pages: 150-155

Background: We report our experience with management and treatment of pregnant women who were admitted at our institution for snake envenomation.

Methosd: We reviewed the charts and recorded the management, treatment, and outcome of 51 pregnant women admitted to our high-risk obstetric service with a diagnosis of snakebite.

Results: One patient experienced spontaneous abortion, 2 had intrauterine fetal death due to placental abruption, 2 delivered malformed babies, 1 had premature birth of twins with low birthweight. There were no maternal deaths.

Conclusion: Snake-venom poisoning in pregnancy is a complex medical emergency that involves complications at the site of the bite and may also involve dysfunction of multiple organ systems in both mother and fetus.

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