Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with and without AKI admitted after snakebite.
| Characteristics | Without AKI | With AKI | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 132 | 81.5 | 21 | 87.5 | 82.3 |
| Female | 30 | 18.5 | 3 | 12.5 | 17.7 |
| Area of occurrence | |||||
| Rural | 141 | 87.0 | 21 | 87.5 | 87.1 |
| Urban | 21 | 13.0 | 3 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| Age group in years | |||||
| 0–15 | 12 | 7.41 | 1 | 4.1 | 7.0 |
| 16–60 | 136 | 83.9 | 18 | 75.0 | 82.8 |
| >60 | 14 | 8.6 | 5 | 20.8 | 10.2 |
| Anatomical region of the injury | |||||
| Upper limbs | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
| Lower limbs | 32 | 19.8 | 2 | 8.3 | 17.4 |
| Hand | 22 | 13.6 | 5 | 20.8 | 14.5 |
| Foot | 107 | 66.0 | 16 | 66.7 | 66.1 |
| Work-related accident | |||||
| No | 94 | 58.0 | 17 | 70.8 | 59.7 |
| Yes | 68 | 42.0 | 7 | 29.2 | 40.3 |
| Time to medical assistance (hours) | |||||
| 0–3 | 93 | 57.4 | 14 | 58.3 | 57.5 |
| 4–6 | 43 | 26.5 | 6 | 25.0 | 26.3 |
| 7–12 | 12 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 13–24 | 14 | 8.6 | 4 | 16.7 | 9.7 |
| Previous snakebite | |||||
| No | 136 | 83.9 | 24 | 100.0 | 86.0 |
| Yes | 26 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| Accident classification | |||||
| Mild | 70 | 43.2 | 10 | 41.7 | 43.0 |
| Moderate | 81 | 50.0 | 10 | 41.7 | 49.0 |
| Severe | 11 | 6.8 | 4 | 16.6 | 8.1 |
| Used oral drugs | |||||
| No | 150 | 97.4 | 22 | 91.7 | 92.5 |
| Yes | 4 | 2.6 | 2 | 8.3 | 3.2 |
| Used tourniquets | |||||
| No | 120 | 74.1 | 20 | 83.3 | 75.3 |
| Yes | 42 | 25.9 | 4 | 16.7 | 24.7 |