Locked-in syndrome following a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) envenomation

• Main Authors: Ahmad Khaldun Ismail,, Mohd Fyzal B,, Soo, CI, Yeap, BT, Mohamed Faisal AH,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12699/1/22_khaldun_et_al_pdf_36414.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12699/; http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/12/2

The incidence of envenoming from king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah in human is relatively rare. Its venom acts on the postsynaptic region of the neuromuscular junction causing descending flaccid paralysis. Locked-in syndrome is a clinical state of inability to provide motor response in a conscious pati...