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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2019

A clinical dilemma in an unconscious patient.

Suman K Panda, Hari Mohan P Sinha, Binita Panigrahi, Satish K Prasad

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Suman K PandaDepartment of Gen. Medicine, TMH, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Hari Mohan P SinhaDepartment of Physiology, TMH, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Binita PanigrahiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, TMH Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Satish K PrasadDepartment of Gen. Medicine, TMH, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snake bite is a major life-threatening emergency seen more commonly in rural tropical countries. In general, about 70% of the bites are nonpoisonous, 15% are dry bites, and only 15% cause envenomation. Venom is the saliva of snake ejected during biting, from the poison apparatus (the modified parotid glands). It can be neurotoxic, vasculotoxic, or myotoxic in its action. The polyvalent antisnake venom is effective against most common poisonous snakes. Prompt diagnosis and timely administration of the polyvalent antisnake venom can reduce mortality and morbidity to a great extent. We present a case which was brought to the emergency department of without any previous forthcoming history of snakebite, with symptom such as abdominal pain, chest pain, vomiting, and respiratory distress followed by loss of consciousness. The patient was timely resuscitated and with prompt use of polyvalent ASV and neostigmine the patient recovered without any neurological symptoms within a week.

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Envenomationptosispulmonary edemasnake bite

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PMID31742184
PMCPMC6857395

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