Venoms and kidney of children

2^nd International Conference on Nephrology & Therapeutics

July 29-30, 2013 Embassy Suites Las Vegas, NV, USA

Mohammed Anwar Hossain Khan

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nephrol Therapeutic

Abstract :

C hildhood Envenomation is not uncommon and children usually come under attack of venomous animals accidentally. Venoms are usually delivered directly into circulatory system by different venomous animals like Snake, Bee, Ant, Wasp, Spider etc. venoms can cause Kidney Injury. In Bangladesh Insects of order Hymenoptera (bee, wasp, ant etc) are common venomous Insects causing kidney injury in children. At National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, we treated 7 patients of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) due to Insect venoms. Six of them needed Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (IPD), out of 7 patients, 06 survived. So AKI due to insect bite can be treated by IPD a better outcome

Biography :

Mohammed Anwar Hossain Khan did his MBBS from Chittagong Medical College, Bangladesh. He did his post graduation in Pediatric Nephrology from Banga Bandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh. Currently he is the Associate Professor & Head of Department of Pediatrics Nephrology at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology, Bangladesh.