Clinical Profile and Complications of Snake Bite Envenomation: Study from Tertiary Care Center Bikaner
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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 patients admitted with history of snakebite in Medicine department, S.P.MC, Bikaner from Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 were included for prospective study. The demographic and clinical details of each case were obtained from the patients, their relatives and analysed. Statistical analysis used: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 11.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: Most common age group is 20-40 years. Males were prone to the bites more in rainy seasons (May to August) during day time mostly involving their lower limbs. Poisonous bites are more common among hospitalized patients. The mortality rate of our study was 5.79% Conclusions: Snake bite complications remains to be common medical emergency being more frequent in agricultural and farm workers, thus becoming a sort of occupational hazard. Viper bites are more in this area than elapsidae bites. So role of monovalent asv was more in comparison to polyvalent asv, if available than undue complication of polyvalent asv can be prevented. Comorbidity was more among patient reported late to hospital thus emphasis on early transport and primary first aid need to be emphasized.
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A Study of Clinical Profile of Snake Bite at a Tertiary Care Centre
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