Abstract
Envenomation by Crotalus (rattlesnakes) is characterized by clinical manifestations such as local and systemic myonecrosis, neuromuscular paralysis, renal injury, hemorrhage, coagulopathy, and hypotension. In Brazil, the treatment for crotales envenomation is conditioned to antivenom produced from the subspecies C. durissus terrificus venom (distributed in South and Southeastern regions o…