Brian Lin, MD, Robert L. Norris, MD, Paul S. Auerbach, MD

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Drowning Andrew C. Schmidt, DO, MPH, Justin R. Sempsrott, MD, Seth C.

Advertisements

Joanna Coldron, MBChB, MRCP Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Search and Rescue in Yosemite National Park: A 10-Year Review

Students Experience Self-Esteem Improvement During Mountaineering

Hypothermia and Other Cold-Related Morbidity Emergency Department Visits: United States, 1995–2004 Eduardo Azziz Baumgartner, MD, Martin Belson, MD,

Prehospital Medical Care and the National Ski Patrol: How Does Outdoor Emergency Care Compare to Traditional EMS Training? Benjamin B. Constance, MD,

Clinical Images Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Students Experience Self-Esteem Improvement During Mountaineering

An Assessment of Coliform Bacteria in Water Sources Near Appalachian Trail Shelters Within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Brian C. Reed, MD,

Nancy V. Rodway, MD, MS, MPH, George W. Rodway, PhD, CRNP

Injury and Illness Encountered in Shenandoah National Park

D. Brian Dean, MD, MS Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Jeremy S. Windsor, James S. Milledge, George W. Rodway

Ricky L. Langley Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Bitten by a Dragon Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Wild Boar Attacks Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Clinical Images Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Medical Incidents and Evacuations on Wilderness Expeditions

Stonefish Poisoning Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Risk Factors for Coliform Bacteria in Backcountry Lakes and Streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: A 5-Year Study Robert W. Derlet, MD, K. Ali Ger,

Colin Powell, BSc (tech) FHEA Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Search and Rescue in Yosemite National Park: A 10-Year Review

Joanna Coldron, MBChB, MRCP Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Migraine Headache Confounding the Diagnosis of Acute Mountain Sickness

Death by Volcanic Laze Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Bruno Ernst Durrer, MD: January 14, 1953 to December 5, 2016

Temperature and Blood Pressure Following Amlodipine Overdose

Colorful Mushroom Ingestion

A Mystery Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Tick Talk: Unusually Severe Case of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature Mary.

Gordon G. Giesbrecht, PhD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Wilderness Images Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Ultrasound Identification of Patella Fracture

Soft Tissue Foreign Body Removal Technique Using Portable Ultrasonography Karolina Paziana, MD, J. Matthew Fields, MD, Masashi Rotte, MD, Arthur Au, MD,

Snakes of Medical Significance in India: The First Reported Case of Envenoming by the Levantine Viper (Macrovipera lebetina) Col. Lekh R. Sharma, MBBS,

Robert L. Norris, MD, James A. Wilkerson, MD, Joanne Feldman, MD

Migraine Headache Confounding the Diagnosis of Acute Mountain Sickness

Retained Stingray Barb and the Importance of Imaging

Fatal Craniocerebral Injury from Wild Boar Attack

Management of a Wild Boar Wound: A Case Report

Black Widow Spider Envenomation, A Rare Cause of Horner's Syndrome

Forrest C. Wells, BS, Craig R. Warden, MD, MPH, MS

Health Care Provider Beliefs Concerning the Adverse Health Effects of Environmental and Ecosystem Degradation Robert T. Truckner, MD, MPH Wilderness.

Tribute to Jonna Barry Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

O. Larsell Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Hypothermia and Other Cold-Related Morbidity Emergency Department Visits: United States, 1995–2004 Eduardo Azziz Baumgartner, MD, Martin Belson, MD,

Editor's Note Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Marine Catfish Sting Causing Fatal Heart Perforation in a Fisherman

Animal-Caused Fatalities in New Mexico, 1993–2004

Douglas McGraw, Stephen J. Gluckman, MD

Clinical images Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Cougar Attacks on Humans: A Case Report

Randall T. Loder, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Gerald Dubowitz, MB, ChB, Andrew J. Peacock, MD

Significant Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Setting of Massive Bee Venom– Induced Coagulopathy: A Case Report Kelsey Stack, DO, Lindsey Pryor,

Palsy in the Desert Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Recreational Injuries in Washington State National Parks

Wolf Spider Envenomation

Gordon G. Giesbrecht, PhD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Backpacking-Induced Paresthesias

Joshua O. Stream, MD, Colin K. Grissom, MD

In Reply to Birkeland, Greene, and Logan

Adam M. Anderson, MD, John M. Leisey, MD

Wilderness Images Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Human North American River Otter(Lontra canadensis) Attack

Comparing Student Outcomes of Hybrid and Conventional Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician Programs Joshua D. Martin, DNP, WEMT-P Wilderness & Environmental.

Russell's Viper Envenomation-Associated Addisonian Crisis

Catfish Noodling Forearm Injury Requiring Urgent Surgical Treatment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Courtney R.J. Kaar, BS, Christina Plikaitis,

Todd McGrath, MD, Crystal Murphy, MD

Airway Compromise After First Rattlesnake Envenomation

Presentation transcript:

A Case of Elevated Liver Function Tests After Crown-of-Thorns (Acanthaster planci) Envenomation Brian Lin, MD, Robert L. Norris, MD, Paul S. Auerbach, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 275-279 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-CR-153.1 Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Photograph of patient's right foot, taken on presentation to the Emergency Department. Multiple puncture wounds are noted in several toes. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 275-279DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-CR-153.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Lateral plain radiograph of patient's right foot. The black arrow denotes a radiopaque spine in the soft tissue of the patient's great toe. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 275-279DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-CR-153.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Selected computed tomography image of patient's right foot. A red circle redemonstrates a spine that was seen on the plain radiograph. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 275-279DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-CR-153.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Photograph of the crown-of-thorns in its native environment, a coral reef. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 275-279DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-CR-153.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions