Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

CLINICAL PROFILE OF POISONOUS SNAKE BITE

Dr Arun Janbandhu, Dr Madhuri Janbandhu

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 Snake bite is a common medical emergency faced mainly by rural populations in tropical and subtropical countries with heavy rainfall and humid climate. The present descriptive observational study was carried out to study the clinical features of snake bite cases. In the present study, we studied 260 cases of snake bite admitted in the teaching hospital over a period of 18 months and 110 pts showed the signs of enevomation. Detail information regarding clinical parameters was taken from the study subjects. Analysis of the data showed that majority of the snake bite victims having maen age of 35.77 yrs and males are 78(70.90%) and females are32(29.09%). Rural pts were 93(84.54%) and urban pts were 17(15.45%). Most common presenting symptoms at the site of bite was cellulitis present in 97(88.18%) pts. Other common presentations were bleeding manifestation in 60%, nausea /vomitting in 52.72%, oliguria in 34.54%. 23.63% cases reached the health care unit within 12 hour of bite and 41.81% within 12 to 24 hours after bite.

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Dr Arun Janbandhu, Dr Madhuri Janbandhu CLINICAL PROFILE OF POISONOUS SNAKE BITE International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 5 MAY 2016

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