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November 1, 2025Porto Biomedical JournalOpen Access

A retrospective study of the epidemiological and clinical profile of snakebites in an aspirational district of Karnataka

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DJDodda Basava JanekunteJawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeRMRavindranath MavinkattiHutt HospitalCNChandan NagendraswamyIndian Council of Agricultural Research

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Implication

Retrospective study reports epidemiological patterns and clinical outcomes of snakebites in Karnataka, highlighting delays caused by traditional medicine.

Key Points

  • Analyze the epidemiological and clinical profiles, treatment pathways, and outcomes of snakebite cases presenting to a secondary care hospital in Karnataka.
  • Retrospective review of snakebite cases presenting between January 2020 and April 2023 at a secondary care hospital in Karnataka, India.
  • Data regarding demographics, clinical features, traditional interventions, complications, and outcomes were abstracted using standardized case record forms and analyzed via descriptive statistics.
  • Victims had a mean age of 29.50 ± 14.62 years, with men comprising 58.2% of cases, and 51.9% of bites occurring in the morning.
  • A third of patients (33.3%) sought traditional remedies prior to hospital arrival, with neurotoxic envenoming primarily linked to the common krait.
  • Overall hospital outcomes demonstrated 78.4% clinical improvement, 16.7% referral to tertiary facilities, 3.3% departures against medical advice, and a 1.6% mortality rate.

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Janekunte et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa1037e8b7ad710eb4f82f2https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000306
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