Clinical and Demographic Profile of Snake Envenomation in Himachal Pradesh, India.
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2014-11
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Abstract
We describe profile of 60 children [mean (SD) age, 9.5 (3.8) y]
presenting to the department of Pediatrics with snake
envenomation. Neurotoxic bites were predominant (53%) and
required mean (SD) 21.5 (9.29) antisnake venom vials, while
children with neurohemotoxic features required mean (SD) 31.2
(10.8) vials to improve. Duration of hospital stay was median (SD)
4.0 (2.71) days . The commonest complication was respiratory
dysfunction; mortality rate was 13.3%.
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Snakebite, Outcome, Pediatric
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Gautam Piyush, Sharma Nivedita, Sharma Milap, Choudhary Sanjeev. Clinical and Demographic Profile of Snake Envenomation in Himachal Pradesh, India. Indian Pediatrics. 2014 Nov; 51(11): 934-935.