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      Neurotoxin envenomation mimicking brain death in a child: A case report and review of literature

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          The spectrum of presentation of a victim of neurotoxic snake bite can range from mild ptosis to complete paralysis and ophthalmoplegia. We report a case of snake bite in a 10-year-old child who was comatosed with bilateral fixed dilated pupils and absent doll's eye movement that was interpreted as brain death. Physicians need to be aware of the likelihood of snakebite presenting as locked in syndrome.

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            Locked-in syndrome as a presentation of snakebite.

            Snake bite is a common condition in tropical countries. Neurotoxic features of snake bite vary from early morning neuroparalytic syndrome to various cranial nerve palsies. Locked in syndrome (LIS) is a rare presentation. We present four children that had LIS; three patients had total and one had incomplete LIS. All patients made successful recovery with polyvalent anti-snake venom and supportive management. This case series highlights the importance of early diagnosis of LIS in snake bite.
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                Journal
                Indian J Anaesth
                Indian J Anaesth
                IJA
                Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
                Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd (India )
                0019-5049
                0976-2817
                Jul-Aug 2014
                : 58
                : 4
                : 458-460
                Affiliations
                [1]Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Dr. Madhu Dayal, DII/171, West Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi - 110 023, India. E-mail: drsdayal@ 123456gmail.com
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                IJA-58-458
                10.4103/0019-5049.139008
                4155294
                25197117
                d1164bea-eecd-43e8-a10d-6b89c66dcbde
                Copyright: © Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Anesthesiology & Pain management
                locked in syndrome,ophthalmoplegia,snake bite
                Anesthesiology & Pain management
                locked in syndrome, ophthalmoplegia, snake bite

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