Snakebite: Epidemiology, Prevention, Clinical Presentation and Management

Mahaba, Hisham M.

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2000.66

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“…This finding is in agreement with previous results carried on snake bites in Saudi Arabia (Al-Sadoon and Jarrar,1994;AlDurihim et al, 2010;Mahaba, 2000;Al-Mohareb and AlSadoon, 1994) and with other studies in different countries such as Brazil where 89.5% of the patients were males (Franco et al, 2001); southeast of Arabian peninsula where the majority (87%) were male farmers (Al-Kaabi et al, 2011); Morocco where 53% were males (Arfaoui et al, 2009) and the snake bite patients were males (96%) in Isfahan province, Iran (Dehghani et al, 2014a,b). Snake bites in males outnumbered females in the present investigation.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The result of present investigation is in agreement with a previous study on the incidence of snake bites of the same province during the period 1986-1988 (Al-Sadoon and Jarrar, 1994). The present results are similar to those found in different regions of Saudi Arabia such as Asir and Hail which showed that snake bite is a medical problem (Al-Mohareb and Al-Sadoon,1994; Malik, 1995;Mahaba, 2000;Al-Durihim et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Death cases due to snake bite were reported in Riyadh city by previous work (Al-Sadoon and Jarrar, 1994;Al-Durihim et al, 2010) and in other areas of Saudi Arabia (Al-Sadoon and Abdo, 1990; Al-Mohareb and Al-Sadoon, 1994). These studies reported that mortality rate of snake bites in Riyadh city, Hail region and Al-baha was reported by previous studies as 2.3%, 4.8%, 2.9% and 1.2% respectively (Al-Sadoon and Jarrar, 1994;Al-Durihim et al, 2010;Mahaba, 2000;AlMohareb and Al-Sadoon, 1994). In other countries, the snake bite envenomation is considered as a real public health issue.…”

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confidence: 86%

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Snake bite envenomation in Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia over the period (2005–2010)

Al-Sadoon¹

2015

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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The present investigation is a retrospective review of snake bites in Riyadh province over the period (2005-2010). A total of 1019 cases of bites admitted to the Ministry of Health medical centers in Riyadh province were analyzed on the basis of age, sex, time of bite and its site on the body, outcome of treatment, antiserum dose and type of snake. Bites occurred throughout the six years with the highest frequency in 2005 and least in 2006 where most of the bite cases were mild and all evolved to cure except four patients who died following the administration of antivenom during 24 h after snake bite. Most of the patients were males (81.7%) and the most attacked age was within the range of 11-30 years (51.5%). All the bites were mainly in the exposed limbs and the most frequently bitten anatomical regions were the lower limbs (427 cases, 41.9%), principally the feet. The study incriminates Cerastes cerastes gasperettii in most of the bites indicating it as the snake of medical importance in Riyadh province. Also, the study indicates low degree of threat in spite of high rate of snake bites as a result of the availability of the medical facilities and the antivenin use in medical centers in Riyadh province.

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Snake bite envenomation in Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia over the period (2005–2010)

Al-Sadoon¹

2015

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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“…This result corroborates some studies in Saudi Arabia and Brazil (18)(19)(20), but differs from others by Tchoua et al In addition, although snake activity is generally nocturnal, most bites in our study happened during the daytime, unlike the night prevalence reported in other studies (18,20). The smaller number of cases at night may be explained by the fact that human activity is mainly diurnal or that, in some regions, the staff responsible for recording admitted cases are absent during the night.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…For the same reason, males were more afflicted with bites than females. Similar results have been reported by many studies in Africa and Asia (18,21,(26)(27)(28).…”

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Epidemiological profile of snakebites in Morocco

Arfaoui¹,

Hmimou²,

Ouammi³

et al. 2009

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis

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ABSTRACT:The present work aims to find the epidemiological profile of snakebites in Morocco through a retrospective study of 1,423 snakebite cases that occurred between 1992 and 2007. Data were obtained from medical charts of envenomation at the Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco. Results revealed that 86% of the snakebites had occurred in rural areas and that males were significantly more affected than females at a sex ratio of 23:20. Furthermore, 35% of the bites happened during the summer, with a peak of 215 cases in June (15.1%). We also discovered that 67.3% of the patients were bitten during the day. The age group that comprised the most agriculturally active persons, from 20 to 44 years old, was the most affected by snakebites (551 cases). In terms of evolution, patients who were at least 60 years of age (8.89%) as well as those who were less than 10 years old (7.50%) presented higher mortality. According to clinical severity grades, the data revealed a 70% predominance of grade 2 cases (430). Deaths had occurred only in patients with grades 3 and 4. Furthermore, grade 4 patients presented 100% mortality whereas grade 3 registered 10.7%. The distribution of snakebites according to administrative regions in Morocco showed a predominance of the Souss-Massa-Daraa region both in terms of frequency (32%) and mortality (72.1%). Our study clearly displayed the severity and extent of the snakebite problem in the country, thus revealing that public health authorities should give more attention to this serious situation.

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