Open AccessA study of clinical profile of snake bite at a tertiary care centre
Author(s) -
Gaurav Bhalla,
Dhanesh Mhaskar,
Ankush Agarwal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
toxicology international/indian journal of toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 0976-5131
pISSN - 0971-6580
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6580.139811
Subject(s) - snake bites , medicine , envenomation , viper , mortality rate , coagulopathy , surgery , biology , venom , ecology
Snake bite is an important occupational and rural hazard because India has always been a land of Exotic snakes. In Maharashtra, common poisonous snakes are Cobra, Russell's Viper, Saw Scaled Viper, and Krait. It is a fact that inspite of heavy morbidity and mortality, very little attention is paid by the clinicians to this occupational hazard.