Snake-bite is a life-threatening medical emergency & major public health problem throughout the World, especially in tropical countries like India. The annual death rate due to snake bite in India is estimated to be 4.1 per 1,00,000 population while in Maharashtra, it is 3.0 per 1,00,000 population. The objective of this study is to observe the management of snake bite and their outcome in cent...

After being envenomated by the timber rattlesnake, a patient was found to have a platelet count of 5000 per microliter, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time both greater than 150 sec, plasma fibrinogen 0 mg/dl, and fibrinogen split products 2560 microgram/ml. However, this patient did not appear to have acute disseminated intravascular coagulation since coagulation factors...

After being envenomated by the timber rattlesnake. a patient was found to have a platelet count of 5000 per tl. prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time both greater than 1 50 sec. plasma fibrinogen 0 mg/dl. and fibrinogen split products 2560 sg/ml. However. this patient did not appear to have acute disseminated intravascular coagulation since coagulation factors II-XIl were n...

After being envenomated by the timber rattlesnake. a patient was found to have a platelet count of 5000 per tl. prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time both greater than 1 50 sec. plasma fibrinogen 0 mg/dl. and fibrinogen split products 2560 sg/ml. However. this patient did not appear to have acute disseminated intravascular coagulation since coagulation factors II-XIl were n...

Objectives: Factors responsible for causing complications in venomous snakebites are unknown. The present study was planned to identify such factors. Material and Methods: This a prospective observational study. All patients presenting the emergency department between April 2016 August 2017 with meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled. Patients divided into two groups based on presen...

Snake bites are life-threatening injuries that can require intensive care. The diagnosis and treatment of venomous snake bites is sometimes difficult for clinicians because sufficient information has not been provided in clinical practice. Here we review the literature to present the proper management of bites by mamushi, habu, and yamakagashi snakes, which widely inhabit Japan and other Asian ...

animal related injuries as most common causes of human morbidity have different pattern by geographical zones. we aimed to explore the main descriptive epidemiology of animal-related injuries in both rural and urban areas in iran. between 2000 and 2004, we collected the data of all the cases of animal related trauma hospitalized for more than 24 hours in eight cities (tehran, mashhad, ahwaz, sh...

i read with great interest the case report titled “periumbilical pain with radiation to both legs following tarantula bite; a case report” published in emergency journal. tarantula spiders are not medically important except for some very limited species, which do not exist in iran. solifugae -or rotails as they are called in iran- are in fact another group of animals also called camel spiders (...