supported by the National Science Foundation of China(82160647);Hainan Clinical Medical Research Center Project(LCYX202310);Hainan Provincial Major Science and Technology Projects(ZDKJ202004);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2019-I2M-5-023).
In 2009,the World Health Organization included snakebite on the list of neglected tropical diseases,acknowledging it as a common occupational hazard for farmers,plantation workers,and others,causing tens of thousands ...
In the United States, envenomations by native scorpion species such as Centruroides are common and generally well-tolerated. On the contrary, Androctonus species envenomations are exceedingly rare outside the Middle E...
supported by the State of São Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP);the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel(CAPES)(Finance Code 001).
Bothrops envenomation is complex and provokes prominent local tissue damage and systemic disturbances,but little is known about their effects on the male reproductive system.After intratesticular injection,the bioacti...
Background: Snakebite envenomation in pregnancy is uncommon. It can lead to a poor outcome in both the mother and the fetus. We describe our approach to envenomation in pregnancy based on the currently available evide...
BACKGROUND Takotsubo cardiomyopathy(TTC)can be diagnosed in patients presenting with clinical features of acute coronary syndrome(ACS)by using Mayo clinic criteria.Multiple precipitators have been attributed to causin...
I read with interest the paper by Chakroun-Walha et al.[1];it is a retrospective review of the medical records of patients with a history consistent with snakebite in a region of Tunisia.It found that leucocytosis wit...
Objective:To identify the early predictors of severe envenomation in the southern region of Tunisia.Methods:It was a retrospective monocentric study including consecutive patients admitted to the emergency department ...
To editor:Snakebite envenomation(SBE)is a life-threatening disease that typically results from the injection of toxins following the bite of a venomous snake.It affects people in predominantly poor,rural communities i...
This study was supported by grants from the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province (No. SY [2013]3067) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81560217).
Background:Snakebites are a neglected threat to global human health with a high morbidity rate.The present study explored the efficacy of antivenom with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) intervention on snakebites,which coul...
Introduction: We are reporting a deadly case of massive bee stings observed in a 7-year-old child in Ouagadougou. Observation: The first symptoms, which appeared two hours after the stings of about 200 bees, motivated...