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2249-7676

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2249-7668

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pharmacology and toxicology

PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF POLYVALENT ANTI-SNAKE VENOM IN SNAKE BITE PATIENTS TREATED IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER
Author / Afflication
L Madhan

Professor of Pharmacology, Govt Coimbatore medical college, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India
M. Nandhinipriya

Assistant professor of Pharmacology, Govt Coimbatore medical college, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India
P. Nagaraj

Tutor of Pharmacology, Govt Coimbatore medical college, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India.
S. Sivakumar

Professor of Medicine, Govt Coimbatore medical college, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India.
R. Mani

Professor of Pharmacology, Govt Coimbatore medical college, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India
Arbind Kumar Choudhary

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Govt. Erode Medical College, Erode -638053, Tamilnadu, India
Keywords
Snakebite ,Anti-Snake Venom ,Polyvalent Anti-Snake Venom ,Adjuvant therapy ,
Abstract

Snake bite is a public health problem distributed mainly in the tropical and sub-tropical countries. India is one of the high prevalence countries. According to the World Health Organization reports India has the maximum number of envenomation and mortality due to snake bite. Result: Most of the patient with age group of 22 to 72 years. Among that 64.1% was male and 35.1 was female attended the serious condition of snake bite. explained about the patient received polyvalent anti-snake venom, total 75(96.9%) patient were rescued by giving ASV, one required hemodialysis and three of them were kept for observation (non-critically) Strengthening of public health systems that have reduce the number of deaths reduce to snakebite in state of Tamilnadu India.

Volume / Issue / Year

10 , 2 , 2020

Starting Page No / Endling Page No

46 - 50