Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Snake Bites over 6-year Period from a Rural Secondary Care Centre of Northern India: A Descriptive Study

Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Snake Bites over 6-year Period from a Rural Secondary Care Centre of Northern India: A Descriptive Study

Estimated deaths due to snake bites are more than 46,000 annually in India. Ninety-seven percent bites occur in rural areas. Data on snake bites from Jharkhand rural area are sparse. This study describes 6 years profile of snake bite patients from January, 2007 to December, 2012 at Nav Jivan Hospita...

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Veröffentlicht in:Toxicology international 2015-01, Vol.22 (1), p.77-82
Hauptverfasser: Mitra, Shubhanker, Agarwal, Abhinav, Shubhankar, B U, Masih, Sahil, Krothapalli, Viswajit, Lee, Brian Mark, Kuruvilla, Jeevan, Alex, Reginald
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Analysis
Bites (Injuries)
Care and treatment
Complications and side effects
Confidence intervals
Conflicts of interest
Epidemiology
Gender
Hospitals
Mortality
Original
Patients
Public health
Review boards
Rural areas
Snake bites
Statistical analysis
Towns
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Zusammenfassung:Estimated deaths due to snake bites are more than 46,000 annually in India. Ninety-seven percent bites occur in rural areas. Data on snake bites from Jharkhand rural area are sparse. This study describes 6 years profile of snake bite patients from January, 2007 to December, 2012 at Nav Jivan Hospital in Palamu district, Jharkhand.
ISSN:0971-6580
0976-5131
DOI:10.4103/0971-6580.172263