A Study Of Clinical Profile Of Snake Bite At A Tertiary Care Centre

Research Article
Sanket Mahajan and Dhanesh Mhaskar
DOI: 
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Subject: 
Medicine
KeyWords: 
Snake Bite Viper Krait Cobra Antisnake Venim
Abstract: 

Snake bite is an important occupational and rural hazard because India has always been a land of Exotic snakes. It is a fact that inspite of heavy morbidity & mortality, very little attention is paid by the clinicians to this occupational hazard. We will hereby study the prevalence of poisonous & non-poisonous snake bites in part of Western Maharashtra with reference to age, sex, occupation, part of body bitten, time of bite and seasonal variation and the types of poisonous snakes common in this locality & their clinical manifestations along with the systemic envenomation from various types of poisonous snakes and their effective management in reducing the mortality rate. This study was carried out at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Karad over a period of 31 months amongst the patients admitted in MICU with snake bite. A total of 150 patients were included in the study. Detailed history, physical examination and laboratory investigations were done after obtaining the consent for the same. Antisnake Venim was given for poisonous snake bites. Statistical tests applied were chi square test and percentage. A total of 150 patients were studied in our hospital. Out of 150, 76 patients were of poisonous snake bite and 74 patients were of non-poisonous snake bite. Out of these 76 poisonous snake bites, 42 were viperine snake bites, 21 were neuroparalytic snake bites and 13 were locally toxic snake bites. Snakebite is a common life-threatening emergency in the study area. Delay in hospitalization is associated with poor prognosis and increased mortality rate due to consumptive coagulopathy, renal failure and respiratory failure. Proper measures are necessary to prevent and treat it to the earliest to prevent complications.