TY  - JOUR
T1  - Venomous Snakebites in Children in Southeast Turkey
TT  - Venomous Snakebites in Children in Southeast Turkey
AU  - Oto, Arzu
AU  - Haspolat, Yusuf Kenan
PY  - 2021
DA  - December
DO  - 10.5798/dicletip.1037630
JF  - Dicle Medical Journal
JO  - diclemedj
PB  - Dicle University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-2945
SP  - 761
EP  - 769
VL  - 48
IS  - 4
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: Due to the hot climate of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, snake poisoning is common, which causes serious mortality and morbidity. We aimed to present the clinical course, complications and treatment approaches of patients hospitalized with snakebites.Methods: One-hundred and eight pediatric patients treated in the hospital for snakebites, excluding dry bite, were included in the study during a 5-year period. Gender, age, bite site, month, time, type of intervention in the field, symptoms, laboratory findings, complications, tetanus vaccination and antivenom administration were recorded by reviewing patient files.Results: The patients were aged between 10.2+3 (2-15) years and 72 (66.7%) were males. Seventy-three (67.6%) of patients were from rural areas. The bites were mostly from the lower extremity, at between 12-18 o’clock. Grade 1 patients were excluded from the study. At the time of admission, there were 47 (43%) grade 2 and 31 (28%) grade 3 patients. It was observed that with increased grade, higher levels of white blood cell count, glucose level and hospital stay were seen (p
KW  - Child
KW  - snakebites
KW  - poisoning
KW  - treatment
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.1037630
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2136309
ER  -