The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two different dosage protocols on the outcome of patients with severe neurotoxic snake envenoming, using a retrospective analysis of patients admitted with a diagnosis of severe neurotoxic snake bite over a 4 year period. In the study, 55 snake bite victims requiring ventilatory support for severe neurotoxic envenoming received either 1...

1Associate Professor and Consultant, 2Professor, Consultant and Head, 3Senior Resident, 4Post Graduate, Deptt. of Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi Received: 16.02.2011; Accepted: 12.06.2013 A 22 year old female presented in casualty with snake bite and queer lesions all over her body. On further questioning what came out to light was really unbelieva...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Snake bite is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in certain parts of Sri Lanka. This study was designed to determine the offending snakes, neurological manifestations, disease course, and outcome in neurotoxic envenomation. METHODS AND MATERIAL Fifty six consecutive patients admitted with neurological manifestations following snake bite were studied prospectivel...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of low dose adrenaline injected subcutaneously to prevent acute adverse reactions to polyspecific antivenom serum in patients admitted to hospital after snake bite. DESIGN Prospective, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. SETTING District general hospital in Sri Lanka. SUBJECTS 105 patients with signs of envenomation after snake b...

INTRODUCTION Snake bite is a major problem in Sri Lanka where recent decades of warfare and economic sanctions have complicated its management. RESULTS A retrospective review of snake bites in north-east Sri Lanka was undertaken in 2005 to review management. Of 303 victims, 145 revealed a local response, 134 a prolonged clotting time, 46 ptosis and five respiratory failure. One died. Of 97 sn...

A case of pregnancy associated with neurotoxic snake bite presenting Neuropathic symptoms and systemic envenomation complicated by disseminated intravascular bleeding is uncommon. We present a 22-year-old Primigravida at 32 weeks gestation on left-hand, left-hand swelling, nasal neuropathic signs. At presentation, there was pallor, tachycardia, hypotension, gravid uterus single live fetus, &amp...

BACKGROUND Snakebites are a public health problem in Nicaragua: it is a tropical developing country, venomous snakes are present and there are reports of snakebites treated both in the formal and informal health care system. We aimed to produce an incidence map using data reported by the health care system that would be used to allocate resources. However, this map may suffer from case detectio...

Snake bite is often met emergency in Indian subcontinent especially rural settings. We sent a case of 26-year-old male, residing North India who sented with complaints swelling over left leg along breathlessness. His renal functions deteriorated gradually. In view various physical and laboratory findings, diagnosis vasculotoxic snake envenomation acute kidney injury pulmonary oedema was made. H...

Thousands of snake bites occur in the world each year, with hundreds of patients receiving antivenom. Incidence rates for immediate hypersensitivity reactions associated with the use of antivenom range vary. This is a case report of a patient with atrial fibrillation (AF) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) induced by vigrous snake bite that was suspected to be caused by the treatment of subcut...

Capillary leak syndrome is a dreaded complication of snake bite. Various modalities of treatment have been tried, but prognosis is very poor. We have reported here complicated with capillary leak, which survived following plamapheresis.