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South African Snakebite Symposium Organizing Committee, Gauteng, South Africa.
This article explores the management of snakebite to vulnerable patient groups, namely children and pregnant women as well as providing detail on the current best practice when caring for venom ophthalmia and surgical wounds resulting from snakebite. Finally, the optimal free-to-use medical record for accurate documentation of snakebite incidents is provided for use by South African practitioners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Case Report of a Lebanon Viper (Montivipera bornmuelleri) Envenomation in a Child.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
November 2022
American University of Beirut, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon.
Introduction: Snake envenomation is a serious public health concern. In the Middle East little is known about snakebite envenomation, which raises several challenges for emergency physicians caring for these patients.
Case Report: We report the case of a five-year-old boy bitten by a rare snake, Montivipera bornmuelleri, who presented to an emergency department in Lebanon.
Ethnozoology of snakebite victims in a risk area in Northeast Brazil.
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October 2021
Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil. Electronic address:
This study had the objectives to describe and analyze the perceptions and attitudes of snakebite victims in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied as snakebite victims to identify the characteristics of the accident, their daily life, as well as positive and negative attitudes towards snake conservation and knowledge about species. Information about the possible uses of traditional treatment, allopathic care characteristics along with the symptoms and sequelae resulting from the accident were also recorded.
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Ariel Miller is a nursing student at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, Calif., as well as a wildlife biologist and environmental planner; Bridget Parsh is a professor of nursing at Sacramento State University.
Venomous snakebites are surprisingly common in the US. This article provides an overview of what to do when a patient has been bitten by a North American pit viper, a venomous subset of indigenous snakes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article discusses the current, evidence-based guidelines for managing venomous snakebites indigenous to the United States. A review of common varieties of venomous snakes, venom effects, risk factors for snakebites, and management strategies are presented to assist nurse practitioners in caring for snakebite victims.
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