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Presentation, management, and outcome of snake-bite in two district hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: the burden of disease represented by snakebites is widely underestimated and often neglected public health problem in the tropics. There is insufficient epidemiological data to guide distribution of antivenin and proper management of ...
Damien Punguyire +9 more
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Snakebites in the Central American Region: More Government Attention Required [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseA review was conducted on snakebites in Central America. Information was extracted using the databases of PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS. Information included retrospective studies, case reports, and case series; in this way, valuable information was ...
Eduardo Alberto Fernandez +1 more
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First Aid and Pre-Hospital Management of Venomous Snakebites
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018 Background: Antivenom is the definitive treatment for venomous snakebites, but is expensive and not available in many rural and poorly developed regions.
Jennifer L Parker Cote
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Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Krait Bites in the Emergency Department: A Series of Three Cases [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Envenomation from snakebites continues to be a severe public health issue in many parts of the world, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions.
Saurabh Jha +4 more
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Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Following Viperidae Snakebites in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2022 Russell’s viper and hump-nosed viper are deadly venomous Viperidae snakes in Sri Lanka. Both these vipers are widely distributed in all climatic zones of the island.
R. M. M. K. N. Rathnayaka +2 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Snakebites represent a serious global public health problem, especially in tropical countries. In Brazil, the incidence of snakebites ranges from 19 to 22 thousand cases per 100000 persons annually.
Alex Augusto Ferreira e Ferreira +13 more
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Toxins, 2021 Wound necrosis and secondary infection are common complications after Naja atra bites. Clinical tools to evaluate the infection risk after Taiwan cobra bites are lacking.
Heng Yeh, Shi-Ying Gao, Chih-Chuan Lin
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Thrombotic microangiopathy, hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Rare manifestations of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2021 Background: Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) of Family Viperidae is a highly venomous snake in Sri Lanka and is responsible for the most snakebite deaths. It commonly causes coagulopathy and neuroparalysis. Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) including the
R.M.M.K.Namal Rathnayaka +2 more
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills >100,000 people and maims >400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are particularly vulnerable; snakebite envenoming perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that exert a wide range of toxic actions.
Gutiérrez, J +5 more
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Ophidian envenomation in Morocco: Analysis of specific hospitalization records (2012-2015) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Snakebites are a real public health problem in Morocco, from the point of view of incidence and mortality. Inorder to contribute to the reduction of the resulting morbidity and mortality, the present work aims to describe the epidemiological profile of ...
El Hattimy Faiçal +5 more
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