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Clinical characteristics, management, outcome, and cost of stings and bites in patients admitted to a tertiary care teaching hospital.

open access: yesToxicological Research
AIM The objective of this study was to identify the clinical epidemiology and medical cost of stings and bites at a tertiary care hospital in South India.
A. Patil   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Human envenomations caused by Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) in urban beaches of São Luis City, Maranhão State, Northeast Coast of Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: The clinical and epidemiological aspects associated with Portuguese man-of-war envenomation were investigated and characterized. METHODS: Data from recorded envenomation events between 2005 and 2013 were provided by the GBMar (Group of ...
Denise Maria Ramalho Ferreira Bastos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Analytical Study of Mammalian Bite Wounds Requiring Inpatient Management

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2013
Background Mammalian bite injuries create a public health problem because of their frequency, potential severity, and increasing number. Some researchers have performed fragmentary analyses of bite wounds caused by certain mammalian species.
Young-Geun Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological aspects of centipede (Scolopendromorphae: Chilopoda) bites registered in Greater S. Paulo, SP, Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
INTRODUCTION: The lack of basic knowledge on venomous arthropods and the benignity of the clinical manifestations contribute to the centipede bite victims' not being taken to a treatment reference center, leading to underestimation of the number of cases
Irene Knysak   +2 more
doaj  

Reasons for Declining Venom Immunotherapy

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Hymenoptera venom allergy is associated with significant morbidity and deterioration in health-related quality of life, and risk of fatal systemic reactions.
Leonor Carneiro-Leão   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological aspects of centipede (Scolopendromorphae: Chilopoda) bites registered in Greater S. Paulo, SP, Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1998
INTRODUCTION: The lack of basic knowledge on venomous arthropods and the benignity of the clinical manifestations contribute to the centipede bite victims' not being taken to a treatment reference center, leading to underestimation of the number of cases
Knysak Irene   +2 more
doaj  

Assessment of Mosul University Students' Knowledge about First Aid

open access: yesKufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2013
Objectives: A descriptive study was designed to assess of Mosul university students' knowledge about first aid, and to assess the university students' knowledge about first aid cases (respiratory systems, circulatory systems, bleeding, trauma, burns ...
Hanaa Hussein Makhlef
doaj   +1 more source

Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
The most frequent jellyfish in Southern Brazil causes mainly local pain and skin plaques. A 3-year-old female bather presented an erythematous, irregular plaque on the left forearm after contact with a jellyfish and intense facial angioedema with facial ...
João Claudio Campos Pereira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neural network-based species identification in venom-interacted cases in India

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2007
India is home to a number of venomous species. Every year in harvesting season, a large number of productive citizens are envenomed by such species.
R. Maheshwari, V. Kumar, H. K. Verma
doaj   +1 more source

Black ant stings caused by Pachycondyla sennaarensis : A significant health hazard

open access: yesAnnals of Saudi Medicine, 2009
Several species of ants cause stings, but not all lead to allergic reactions. We present a series of cases of allergic reactions following insect bites or stings that presented to our emergency department and that were caused by the black samsum ant ...
Alanazi Marzouqah   +2 more
doaj  

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