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Potential of herbal cocktail of medicinal plant extracts against ‘big four’ snake venoms from India

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2021
Background: Venomous snake bites cause acute medical emergencies and are fatal. India accounts for large proportion of snake-bite deaths globally. Medically important ‘BIG FOUR’ snakes of India are Bungarus caeruleus (krait), Naja naja (cobra), Echis ...
Shwetha Vasudev, Veena S. More, K.S. Ananthraju, Sunil S. More   +3 more
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Snakebite and its socio-economic impact on the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Snakebite represents a significant health issue worldwide, affecting several million people each year with as many as 95,000 deaths. India is considered to be the country most affected, but much remains unknown about snakebite incidence in
A Kasturiratne, Anburaj Jeyaraj, B Mohapatra, D Williams, DA Warrell, DK Kochar, E Alirol, E. Gail Hutchinson, ID Simpson, J White, JB Harris, JK Joseph, JM Gutierrez, JM Gutierrez, Jonathan M. Gibbins, Joshua Yukich, JP Chippaux, Kameshwaran Nattamaisundar, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, LR Sharma, M. Fazil Baksh, Prabu Gajjeraman, R Rahman, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, Rajesh Ashokan, RS Blaylock, S Fox, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, SK Sharma, SK Sutherland, Viswanathan Chandran   +30 more
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Haemotixic snake venoms: their functional activity, impact on snakebite victims and pharmaceutical promise [PDF]

, 2017
Snake venoms are mixtures of numerous proteinacious components that exert diverse functional activities on a variety of physiological targets. Because the toxic constituents found in venom vary from species to species, snakebite victims can present with ...
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Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC), thrombotic microangiopathy and rhabdomyolysis in Russell’s viper bite [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
Background: Russell’s viper is one of the most venomous snakes found in Bangladesh. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a devastating complication of viper bite causing significant morbidity and mortality.
Subrata Biswas, Rayeed Surontee, Mohammad Hoque, Abu Ahmed, Md. Shafiqul Bari   +4 more
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Influence of vitamin K antagonist treatment on activated partial thromboplastin time [PDF]

, 2015
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Devreese, Katrien, MULLIEZ, SYLVIE, Van den Bogaert, Julie   +2 more
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Twelve month prospective study of snakebite in a major teaching hospital in Mandalay, Myanmar; Myanmar Snakebite Project (MSP)

Toxicon: X, 2019
The Myanmar Snakebite Project is an Australian government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) supported foreign aid project in collaboration with the Myanmar government with the aim of improving outcomes for snakebite patients in Myanmar.
Julian White, Sam Alfred, David Bates, Mohammad Afzal Mahmood, David Warrell, Robert Cumming, Khin Thida Thwin, Myat Myat Thein, Myo Thant, Zaw Myo Naung, Ye Htet Naing, Su Sint Sint San, Myat Thet Nwe, Chen Au Peh   +13 more
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Detection of Snake Venom in Post-Antivenom Samples by Dissociation Treatment Followed by Enzyme Immunoassay

Toxins, 2016
Venom detection is crucial for confirmation of envenomation and snake type in snake-bite patients. Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) is used to detect venom, but antivenom in samples prevents venom detection.
Kalana P. Maduwage, Margaret A. O’Leary, Anjana Silva, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +3 more
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Challenges in diagnosing and treating snakebites in a rural population of Tamil Nadu, India: the views of clinicians [PDF]

, 2017
Snakebites cause death, disability and economic devastation to their victims, people who live almost exclusively in rural areas. Annually an estimated two million venomous bites cause as many as 100,000 deaths worldwide as well as hundreds of thousands ...
Bicknell, Andrew B., Gajjeraman, Prabu, Gibbins, Jonathan M., Hutchinson, Gail, Vaiyapuri, Rajendran, Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel, Williams, Harry F.   +6 more
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A case report of peritoneal dialysis for management of acute kidney injury caused by Russell’s viper envenomation in a dog

Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 2021
This report describes a five-year-old dog who had been bitten by a Russell’s viper. The patient presented clinical signs of anorexia, vomiting, lethargy, and anuria.
Tanamon Poppinit, Chanakarn SungThong
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Delayed Psychological Morbidity Associated with Snakebite Envenoming [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction The psychological impact of snakebite on its victims, especially possible late effects, has not been systematically studied. Objectives To assess delayed somatic symptoms, depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD ...
Buckley, Nicholas A., Dawson, Andrew H., de Silva, Janaka H., Jayamanne, Shaluka F., Lalloo, David, Wijesinghe, Chamara A., Williams, Shehan S.   +6 more
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