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A prospective study on clinico-epidemiological profile and outcome in management of poisonous snake bite [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Snake bite is a major health problem in Nepal. According to WHO, annual morbidity due to snake bite is 162 out of 100,000 people in Nepal. Aim of the study is to observe epidemiology, clinical features, and analysis of possible relationship ...
Chand, Lokendra B. +4 more
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Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2022 Snake bite is a major health hazard, moreover in tropical countries where the density of snakes, frequent human contact, lack of diagnostic and treatment facilities further add-on to the high morbidity and mortality.
Gourang Paliwal +2 more
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Snake bite in Northwest Iran: A retrospective study [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2016 Introduction: bite affects about 2 million people every year, with more than 100000 mortalities annually. A person bitten by a snake represents a variety of symptoms.
Leila Eslamian +5 more
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Tourniquet application in snake bite: are we aware? [PDF]
, 2020 Background: To assess the use of tourniquets as mentioned in National Snake Bite Management Protocol among peripheral health care providers.Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care institute between June 2016 to ...
Gargi, Gaveshna, Saini, Amit
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A rare presentation of snake bite [PDF]
, 2019 In India, doctor’s in casualty frequently get confronted with snake bite. A wide range of complications occur in snake bite. Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is an unusual presentation following snake bite. Here authors discuss a patient presents with ICH
Goswami, Sourabh +2 more
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A comparative study between retrospective and prospective assessment of rationality and effectiveness of snake bite management in a tertiary care teaching hospital [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Snake bite envenomation remains one of the commonest causes of mortality and morbidity in rural West Bengal. Objective of present study was to compare the rationality, effectiveness and adherence to standard treatment guidelines of Government
Das, Somenath +3 more
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Bilateral optic atrophy in snake envenomation – A case report
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2019 Ocular complications following snake bite are usually rare. Snake bite accounts for 4% of all ophthalmoplegias. Optic neuritis and optic atrophy following snake bite have been reported in very few cases.
Ravala Siddeswari +3 more
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Orbital cellulitis and pyogenic meningitis rare sequelae after snake bite [PDF]
, 2016 The incidence of snake bite is underestimated. Worldwide around 2800 species of snakes are known out of which 375 species are venomous. Snake bite effects on nervous, cardiac, renal systems.
Naik, Rupeshkumar
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Indian Journal of Public Health, 2014 Background: Snake bite is a neglected public health problem in India. Very few community based epidemiological studies in India have been published so far on this issue. Most of the studies were carried out on hospital data.
Dayalbandhu Majumder +5 more
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Suspected snakebite in a tertiary referral centre in Western Sydney: a 10-year case series
Toxicology Communications, 2023 We aimed to determine the epidemiology and clinical management of patients presenting to an Australian tertiary emergency department (ED) with a suspected snake bite.
Pramod Chandru +3 more
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