Cysticercal encephalitis presenting with a "starry sky" appearance on neuroimaging.

A lady in her early forties was brought to our hospital in an unconscious state with history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures for last 6 h. She had multiple episodes of seizures in last 4 months, but did not receive any treatment. Relatives also gave a history of fever, headache, and vomiting for last 1 week.

Predictors of mortality in patients of poisonous snake bite: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Central India.

Background And Aims: This study was undertaken, to assess the clinical parameters in patients of poisonous snakebite, complications which occurred in them, their outcome and to evaluate various clinical predictors of mortality.

Materials And Methods: Four hundred and thirty-two patients of snake bite were admitted, of which 172 did not show any signs of envenomation and excluded. Two hundred and sixty patients had signs of local or systemic envenomation and included.

Clinical predictors of acute kidney injury following snake bite envenomation.

Background: Snake bite envenomation is a major public health concern in developing countries. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is as important cause of mortality in patients with vasculotoxic snake bite.

Aims: This study was to evaluate the clinical profile of snake bite patients and to determine the predictors of developing AKI following snake bite.