BACKGROUND Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem throughout the rural tropics. Antivenom is effective in reducing mortality and remains the mainstay of therapy. This study aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of using effective antivenoms for Snakebite envenoming in Nigeria. METHODOLOGY Economic analysis was conducted from a public healthcare system perspective. Estimates...

OBJECTIVES To determine which laboratory tests are first associated with severe envenoming after a snakebite, when (ie, how long after the bite) the test results become abnormal, and whether this can determine a safe observation period after suspected snakebite. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND SETTING Prospective cohort study of 478 patients with suspected or confirmed snakebite recruited to the Austral...

A snakebite is an injury caused by a bite from snake, often resulting in puncture wounds inflicted animal’s fangs and sometimes envenomation. Venom may cause complex condition that can be local damage, neuromuscular dysfunction, or systemic vascular damage leading to hemolysis. The main of mortality morbidity snake bites neurotoxicity, the neurotoxicity sudden paralysis. Synthesis, packaging, t...

PURPOSE Although cardiac involvement is an infrequently recognized manifestation of venomous snakebites, little is known of the adverse cardiovascular events (ACVEs) arising as a result of snakebite in Korea. Accordingly, we studied the prevalence of ACVEs associated with venomous snakebites in Korea and compared the clinical features of patients with and without ACVEs. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Bihar is the state with the third largest number of snakebite deaths per year in India. This prospective, one-year study of 608 snakebites provides the first data from Bihar on determinants of unfavourable outcomes in snakebites. Any delay in reaching hospital raised the risk of a snakebite patient for an unfavourable outcome [OR 8.88, CI 2.04-38.8]. Attending a traditional practitioner prior t...

Snakebites envenomation is an important public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries and the most affected being farmers, pastoralists, hunters and children. Most of the snakebite morbidity and mortality remain undocumented especially in rural areas since most incidences of snakebite are attended by traditional healers/herbalists mainly by using plants. Pharmacological studi...

No information has been yet published on the epidemiological panorama of snakebite in the state of Yucatan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the geographic and temporal patterns of this problem in the state. Snakebite data was obtained from the Program of Zoonosis of the Health Services of Yucatan between 2003 and 2012. A total of 821 snakebite cases and an incidence of 41.9 accidents/100,...

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