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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Snake Bites Over 6-Year Period from a Rural Secondary Care Centre of Northern India:A Descriptive Study


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1 Departments of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Nav Jivan Hospital, Stabarwa, Jharkhand, India
2 Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Medicine, Nav Jivan Hospital, Stabarwa, Jharkhand, India
     

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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.

Keywords

Anti-Snake Venom, Epidemiology, Mortality, Snake Bite.
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Authors

Shubhanker Mitra
Departments of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Nav Jivan Hospital, Stabarwa, Jharkhand, India
Abhinav Agarwal
Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
B. U. Shubhankar
Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sahil Masih
Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Viswajit Krothapalli
Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Brian Mark Lee
Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Jeevan Kuruvilla
Department of Medicine, Nav Jivan Hospital, Stabarwa, Jharkhand, India
Reginald Alex
Departments of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Nav Jivan Hospital, Stabarwa, Jharkhand, India

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Anti-Snake Venom, Epidemiology, Mortality, Snake Bite.