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Provedor de dados: |
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Snakebites in southwestern Goiás State, Brazil
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Autores: |
Pacheco,U. P.
Zortéa,M.
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Data: |
2008-01-01
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Ano: |
2008
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Palavras-chave: |
Snake bites
Cerrado
Jataí
Goiás
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Resumo: |
The present study evaluated snakebite cases recorded by the Southwest II Regional Health Bureau [Regional de Saúde Sudoeste II], Goiás State, Brazil. The following data were analyzed: accident period; patient's age and gender; bite site; envenomation severity; and time elapsed between the bite and medical treatment. We evaluated 211 cases recorded between January 2002 and December 2005, which resulted in an incidence coefficient of 32.4/100,000 inhabitants. Most accidents were due to the bite of snakes from the Bothrops genus (78.2%). The months between January and April had a larger number of accidents (93%-44.1%), although no significant differences were observed. Only one death occurred, resulting in a mortality rate of 0.5%. The lower limbs were the most frequently affected (66.3%). The majority of the victims were male (75.1%). The age group of most of the patients was from 21 to 30 years (20.8%). The accidents were classified as mild, moderate and severe, representing 44.9%, 47.6% and 7.5% of the cases, respectively. The time elapsed between the accident and medical treatment was less than 3h in most of the cases (80.7%), reflecting the high frequency of mild and moderate accidents (92.5%) as well as the large number of healed patients.
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000100011
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Editor: |
Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
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Relação: |
10.1590/S1678-91992008000100011
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases v.14 n.1 2008
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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