A five-year retrospective review of snakebite patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Chew, Keng Sheng, Khor, Heng Wei, Ahmad, Rashidi, Rahman, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11666/1/IJEM%20Snake%20Bites.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11666/; http://intjem.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/1865-1380-4-41

BACKGROUND Although the majority of the snakebite cases in Malaysia are due to non-venomous snakes, venomous bites cause significant morbidity and mortality if treatment measures, especially ant-venom therapy, are delayed. METHODS To determine the demographic characteristics, we conducted a...