Classifying snakebite in South Africa: Validating a scoring system
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Classifying snakebite in South Africa: Validating a scoring system.
OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scoring system for managing snakebites in South Africa (SA). METHODS We studied all snakebite admissions to a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, SA. The primary outcome was an active treatment intervention (ATI) defined as antivenom treatment or any surgical procedure. The development cohort consisted of 879 patients with snakebite who presented to the Ngw...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2016.v107.i1.11361