The burden of bites and stings management: Experience of an academic hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 Purpose: The main aim of this study is to estimate the economic burden and prevalence of bites and stings injuries in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC) for all bites ...
Anas Khan +2 more
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Investigation of clinical and paraclinical manifestations of envenomation victims referred to the Poisoning Department of Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad (Iran) from 2019 to 2020 [PDF]
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and VaccinesIntroduction Bites and stings from venomous animals are a global phenomenon. The types of envenomation inflicted by these animals include those from snakes, scorpions, spiders, and bees, particularly in tropical regions.
Seyed Reza Mousavi +6 more
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Bites and Stings: Exotic Causes of Stroke in Asia [PDF]
Cerebrovascular Diseases ExtraBackground: Many unusual and fascinating causes of stroke are seen in Asia. Although rarely encountered in the Western world, such cases are seen not so infrequently by neurologists, physicians, and other healthcare workers in Asian countries.
Udaya K. Ranawaka
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Venomous bites and stings in rural Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study
Toxicology CommunicationsBackground In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on member states to assess the burden of animal-related injuries. Tanzania is among the countries with no adequate data. This study sought to assess the burden of venomous bites and stings in
Manase Kilonzi, Peter Kunambi
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Epidemiology of animal bites and stings in Khuzestan, Iran, 1997–2006
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2008 Summary: Objectives: To determine the incidence and characteristics of the injuries caused by animals among the population of Khuzestan region, Iran admitted to teaching hospital emergency departments. Study: Retrospective study.
Seyed Mohammad Alavi
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TRADITIONAL USES OF THREATENED ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA (G.FORST.) HOFFM. (MARATTIACEAE) AS AN ANTIDOTE TO SNAKE BITES AND INSECT STINGS BY THE TANGSA TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA [PDF]
Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2023 Angiopteris evecta (G.Forst) Hoffm. (Marattiaceae), an endangered fern, utilized medicinally by several traditional societies across the world. Its use as food is rarely reported in literature.
Pyonim Lungphi +4 more
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Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022 Centipedes are venomous arthropods that have an elongated body, divided into many segments, presenting a pair of legs in each segment, adapted pairs of paws that simulate fangs and inject venom causing intense pain, with local erythema and edema, and ...
Vidal Haddad Junior +3 more
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Scrotal dog bite and mismatch between the skin and testis injury: a case report and review of literature [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Dog bite injury to the genitalia is a rare condition, regarding which most of the studies have focused on prevention of infection and management of severe cases; and small, superficial lacerations have not been taken into consideration. We present a case
Masoud Bahoosh, Hamed Akhavizadegan
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Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its ...
Fred Bernardes Filho +6 more
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A Pruritic Linear Eruption After an Arthropod Bite
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022 N/a.
Ana Sofia Pereira +2 more
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