CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PROFILE OF SNAKE BITE ENVENOMATION: A CROSSSECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER

Clinical Profile and Complications of Snake Bite Envenomation: Study from Tertiary Care Center Bikaner

Context: Every year 80,000 people are reported as victims of snakebite and about 25,000 to 50,000 people are reported as fatal victims mostly from the rural communities of India who lack the financial backups & basic awareness. Aims: This study was conducted to assess the clinical profile of snakebite cases reported to tertiary care institute in Bikaner Rajasthan. Methods and Material: 138 pati...

A Study of Clinical Profile of Snake Bite at a Tertiary Care Centre

BACKGROUND Snake bite is an important occupational and rural hazard because India has always been a land of Exotic snakes. In Maharashtra, common poisonous snakes are Cobra, Russell's Viper, Saw Scaled Viper, and Krait. It is a fact that inspite of heavy morbidity and mortality, very little attention is paid by the clinicians to this occupational hazard. AIMS To study the prevalence of poison...

Use of Snake Antivenom and Clinical Outcomes in Snake Envenomation: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Penang, Malaysia

Clinical profile and management of HbE-β thalassemia in children: Experience from a tertiary care center in North India

Background: Eβ Thalassemia is characterized by clinical heterogeneity ranging from Non-Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia (NTDT) to Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia (TDT) state, causing management challenges for the clinicians, especially in the pediatric population. Therefore, this study was conducted to give an overview of the clinical profile and management in a tertiary care center. Materi...

Snake bite envenomation: experience at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh.

We surveyed the records of 21 of the 28 snakebite victims seen at King Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh over the 20-year period 1986-2005. The most common symptoms were local pain and swelling and the most common signs oedema and tenderness. Neurotoxicity was not noted in any case. Coagulopathy was recorded for 14/21 patients (66.7%) and 5/19 (26.4%) had leukocytosis. All patients were g...