Profile of snakebite victims reported in a public teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To understand the epidemiological and clinical profile of snakebite victims in a public teaching hospital.

Method: Exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in a public hospital in the Triângulo Sul region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The data were collected from medical records and compulsory case report forms of patients admitted in the Emergency Service from June 2018 to May 2019.