Analysis of Snake Bite Victims in a Tertiary Care Center
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A retrospective review of snake bite victims admitted in a tertiary level teaching institute.
OBJECTIVE Snake bite remains major public health problem worldwide. We present our experience with cases of snake bites managed in our tertiary care teaching center of South India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The details of all patients with snake bite admitted to a tertiary teaching care hospital from 2010 to 2012 were retrospectively retrieved and reviewed. The details regarding age, gender, firs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Renaissance
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1994-7208
DOI: 10.3126/hren.v12i1.11981