Intensive-care management of snakebite victims in rural sub-Saharan Africa: An experience from Uganda.

Background: Antivenom is rarely available for the management of snakebites in rural sub-Saharan Africa(sSA).

Objectives: To report clinical management and outcomes of 174 snakebite victims treated with basic intensive-care interventions in a rural sSA hospital.

Methods: This cohort study was designed as a retrospective analysis of a database of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of St.

Intensive care medicine in rural sub-Saharan Africa.

We undertook an audit in a rural Ugandan hospital that describes the epidemiology and mortality of 5147 patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The most frequent admission diagnoses were postoperative state (including following trauma) (2014/5147; 39.1%), medical conditions (709; 13.