منابع مشابه
Animal and human bites: evaluation and management.
Animal bites and to a lesser extent human bites are common trauma cases in accident and emergency units and their incidence is rising. Bite wounds are often deeper than they appear to be and they are potentially contaminated with uncommon microorganisms. They need careful assessment, thorough debridement and preferably delayed primary closure. Tetanus cover and, although controversial, prophyla...
متن کاملAnimal bites.
Animal bites continue to pose major public health challenges, and the clinical sequelae of bite injuries can extend far beyond simple wound management. Identification of people bitten by animals remains incomplete, and inconsistencies in data collection preclude meaningful conclusions about bite circumstances and predisposition of specific breeds of dogs to bite or inflict severe bites.
متن کاملThe Management of Animal Bites in the United Kingdom*
OBJECTIVE Animal bites represent a significant global health issue. The evidence in the literature regarding their management in many areas is conflicting and unclear. This project attempts to identify current evidence in the literature on the management of animal bites and assess if current practice in the United Kingdom is evidence based. MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature review on the man...
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background rabies has been reported as the most important endemic zoonotic disease in iran and still remains as a major public health problem. objectives the main objective of the current research was to study the epidemiology of animal bites in borujerd county in iran and to compare its prevalence to other parts of iran from april 2006 to september 2011. patients and methods the data were reco...
متن کاملAnimal bites in Tehran, Iran.
Animal bites are major public health issues, not only for the risk of acquiring secondary infections but also for the possibility of contracting rabies. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology of animal bites in Tehran, Iran. During a three- year period, through a questionnaire- based study, 8806 bitten persons were enrolled into our study. Of these, 79.16% were males and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02756.x