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An Unexpected Case of Black Mamba ( Dendroaspis polylepis [PDF]
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2017 Mambas (genus Dendroaspis) are among the most feared venomous African snakes. Without medical treatment, mamba bites are frequently fatal. First-aid treatment includes lymphatic retardation with the pressure immobilization technique.
Luca Cioccari +2 more
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Assam Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023 Background: Snake bite envenomation is a neglected tropical disease which needs urgent medical attention and anti-snake venom (ASV) infusion but is often overlooked and under-reported owing to the age-old tradition of local aid by quacks, poor ...
Chitralekha Baruah +3 more
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Massive cutaneous complications due to snakebite: A case report and literature review
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Wound infections due to snake bites such as cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis, although not common, are seen in snake bites and if left untreated can cause serious complications.
Mahdieh Sadeghi +6 more
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Identification and management of Snake Bite in Asia: A narrative review
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2023 Snake bites are an important cause of illness and deaths in the rural population in tropical, subtropical and southeast Asian countries. There are more than 3000 species of snakes found all over the world of which around 300 species are found in India ...
M Rathinasamy +5 more
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South African Medical Journal, 2022 Wound infections following cytotoxic snakebites are common. Bites from Naja nigricincta nigricincta (an African spitting cobra) usually present as severe dermonecrosis spreading within the subdermal fascia layer.
EL Saaiman, PJ (Christo) Buys
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Shortcomings in snake bite management in rural Cameroon: a case report
BMC Research Notes, 2017 Background Snake bites are an important public health problem in developing countries with most bites occurring in rural areas. Severe envenomation often occurs in children and following bites to the face.
Frank-Leonel Tianyi +2 more
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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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What Are the Neurotoxins in Hemotoxic Snake Venoms?
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 Snake venoms as tools for hunting are primarily aimed at the most vital systems of the prey, especially the nervous and circulatory systems. In general, snakes of the Elapidae family produce neurotoxic venoms comprising of toxins targeting the nervous ...
A. Osipov, Y. Utkin
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Robotic modeling of snake traversing large, smooth obstacles reveals stability benefits of body compliance [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science (2020), 7, 191192, 2020 Snakes can move through almost any terrain. Although their locomotion on flat surfaces using planar gaits is inherently stable, when snakes deform their body out of plane to traverse complex terrain, maintaining stability becomes a challenge. On trees and desert dunes, snakes grip branches or brace against depressed sand for stability.
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Management of Poisonous Snake Bites: Analysis of 29 Cases
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations, 2018 Objectives: The objective of this retrospective study is to provide contribution for management of the poisonous snake bites by comparison results of this study with the literature data.
A. Akoz +4 more
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