Bite wounds are a frequent injury in dogs and cats. Some bites are severe, causing crushing, avulsion, and devitalization of tissues beneath the skin. Bites can also crush the airway or penetrate the abdominal or thoracic cavities, resulting in life-threatening injuries. This article reviews the local mechanisms of trauma and systemic mediators involved in severe bite wound injuries and provide...

OBJECTIVES Evidence and consensus on best practices on the management of human bite injuries is lacking. Our objective was to identify factors that are associated with delay to emergency department (ED) presentation, antibiotic usage and patient admission. METHODS We present a retrospective chart review of adults treated for human bites. Multivariable logistic regression models used demograph...

Snake bite is an important and serious global health issue. Till date anti snake venom serum is the only therapeutic remedy available for treating the snake bite victims. Infusion of ASV may lead to adverse reactions ranging from pruritus, urticaria to potentially fatal anaphylaxis. The development of ASV is also a costly and time consuming process requiring ideal storage conditions. Though Ant...

Statement of Problem: Digital Subtraction Radiography (DSR) needs reproducible alignment between the x-ray source, the object, and the film for obtaining identical projections of the same anatomic region. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bite registrations (placed on individual bite blocks) on the reproducibility of parallel periapical radiographs, obtained every 2 m...

background: the incidence of animal bite is increasing in iran and there is lack of knowledge about animal bite in children. hence, the aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of animal bite in children and also evaluate delayed time of post exposure prophylaxis(pep) in children. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 children cases of animal bites ...

Purpose This study aimed to perform an economic evaluation of small bite sutures versus large bite sutures in the closure of midline laparotomies in the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS). Methods A cost-utility analysis was conducted using data from a systematic literature review. Large bite sutures placed 10 mm from the wound edge were compared to small bite sutures 3-6 mm from th...

C. J. MAnniOn and colleagues raise some valid issues in their letter about preventing dog bite wounds in people (VR, June 4, 2011, vol 168, p 594). The issue of bite marks on or from animals is a developing and specialised field of forensic veterinary science. Bite mark analysts are often called to give professional and expert testimony in court on bite marks from an animal that may bite anothe...

From a historical case of systemic envenoming and depression in Zambia details were kept. Presenting features fitted viper bite, warranting polyvalent antivenom intravenously. Applying presently used 'WHO guidelines for prevention clinical management snakebite Africa' (2010), indicate puff adder (Bitis arietans) bite similar treatment. Snakebite treatment need an update on psychological co-morb...

The first attempt at stimulating growth of the mandible in therapy of distal bite Class II/1 was initiated by Kingsley in 1877. The method described as “jumping the bite” is still applied today according to the principle of functional bimaxillary appliances such as for example activator, bionator, function regulator (1-3) and others, whereby the mandible is brought into the anterior position by...