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Hong Kong Poison Information Centre: Annual report 2021

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 339-353, December 2024.
Abstract Introduction The Hong Kong Poison Information Centre (HKPIC) has been providing consultation services to healthcare professionals and collecting epidemiological data on poisoning in Hong Kong since 2005. Objective To analyse and report the poisoning data from HKPIC in 2021.
Tin Yat Anthony Chow, Chi Keung Chan, Sze Hong Ng, Man Li Tse   +3 more
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Epidemiology and characteristics of coral snake bites reported to the National Poison Data System (2006‒2022)

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract Objectives North American coral snake envenomations can result in life‐threatening neurotoxicity. Their bites are relatively rare, making large studies difficult. Using the National Poison Data System (NPDS), we sought to investigate the epidemiological trends and clinical outcomes associated with North American coral snake bites over a 17 ...
Mary E. Velagapudi, Juliana J. Navarro, Alexander E. Hill, Michael A. Darracq, Stephen L. Thornton   +4 more
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Treatment response and clinical features of snakebite envenomation in Alborz province, Iran: A cross‐sectional study

Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 10, October 2024.
Abstract Background Snakebite envenomation is a significant yet neglected public health burden. Our aim was to investigate the clinical and demographic factors of snakebite envenomation, as well as the factors associated with its severity and response to treatment, in Alborz province, northern Iran. Methods In this cross‐sectional study, we included 50
Hoorvash Farajidana, Seyedarad Mosalamiaghili, Kasra Assadian, Soodeh Jahangiri, Maryam Masumzadegan, Farangis Sadeghi, Lida shojaei Arani   +6 more
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Crosscurrents of Contagion: Snakes, Rumours, Rivers, and Ebola in Sierra Leone's Borderlands

Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 847-871, May 2024.
Abstract When the Ebola virus crossed undetected into Sierra Leone and exacerbated the 2014–15 crisis, the World Health Organization blamed the breach on a traditional healer treating patients from Guinea. Meanwhile, local residents initially maintained that her death was not Ebola‐related but a serpent's curse, an assumption grounded in lived ...
Samuel Mark Anderson
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The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on snake‐bite‐associated wounds in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 211-221, May/June 2024.
Abstract Objective To assess the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on Crotalinae envenomation‐induced wound swelling and severity and pain in dogs, and to describe the safety and complications of HBOT. Design Prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded study (2017–2021).
Shelly Olin, Julie Schildt, Michael Lane, Adesola Odunayo, Cary Springer, Dana Call, Selene Jones, Dennis Geiser, Daryl Millis, Marti Drum   +9 more
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Flow‐based basophil activation test in immediate drug hypersensitivity. An EAACI task force position paper

Allergy, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 580-600, March 2024.
Abstract Diagnosing immediate drug hypersensitivity reactions (IDHRs) can pose a significant challenge and there is an urgent need for safe and reliable tests. Evidence has emerged that the basophil activation test (BAT), an in vitro assay that mirrors the in vivo response, can be a complementary test for many drugs.
C. Mayorga, G. E. Çelik, M. Pascal, H. J. Hoffmann, B. Eberlein, M. J. Torres, K. Brockow, L. H. Garvey, A. Barbaud, R. Madrigal‐Burgaleta, J. C. Caubet, D. G. Ebo   +11 more
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Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology and Treatment of Snakebite Envenomation in West Africa: Case of Benin

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Snakebite envenomation (SBE) constitutes a public health, social, and economic problem affecting poor communities in intertropical and subtropical regions. This review sought to synthesize literature on snakebite envenomation in Benin to highlight research perspectives and strategies for better management of the menace. A literature search performed in
Ayékotchami Jacques Dossou, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Timothy Omara, Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Riaz Ullah   +4 more
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СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ЭФФЕКТЫ “ЗАБЫТЫХ ТРОПИЧЕСКИХ ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЙ” (на примере “сывороточного кризиса”) [PDF]

, 2018
The article is devoted to the crisis situation in global health connected with the problem of neglected tropical diseases and its social effects. Negative social consequences of this group of diseases, include increase in mortality and disability, are ...
A. R. Kurbanov, А. Р. Курбанов
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Outcomes of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy following snakebite envenoming in Sudan: a cohort study

Tropical Medicine and Health
Background Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is a major neglected tropical diseases, causing significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abdallateif A. Omer, Abdelsalam M. A. Nail, Burhan A. Mohammed, Rayan Ali Tonga, Tarig Elsammani Eisa, Fatima Altahir, Rania M. H. Baleela, GadAllah Modawe   +7 more
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CME : Giftschlangenbisse in der Schweiz

, 2016
Obwohl Schlangenbisse in Europa insgesamt selten sind, kommt es auch in der Schweiz regelmässig zu Bissen von Giftschlangen. Zwei Giftschlangen sind in der Schweiz heimisch: die Aspisviper (Vipera aspis) und die Kreuzotter (Vipera berus).
Plate, Andreas; https://orcid.org/, Kupferschmidt, Hugo, Schneemann, Markus   +2 more
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