Clinical characteristics, management, outcome, and cost of stings and bites in patients admitted to a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Aim: The objective of this study was to identify the clinical epidemiology and medical cost of stings and bites at a tertiary care hospital in South India.

Subjects And Methods: The medical records of hospitalized patients in the tertiary care unit between 2016 and 2020 with the history of either being stung or bitten by insects were reviewed retrospectively. The patient's demographic details, clinical symptoms, treatment chart, expenditure details, and outcomes were collected in pre-structured case report forms.