Table 1.
Characteristics | Total Venomous Snakebite Patients (N = 1006) |
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Age in years: Median (IQR, range) | 38 (22–55, 0.6–97) |
Gender ratio, Female:Male: N (%) | 402:604 (40:60) |
VENOMOUS SNAKES CATEGORIZED BY SYSTEMIC ENVENOMING: N (%) | |
Hematotoxic snakes, N = 595 (59 .1%) | |
Green pit viper (Trimeresurus species) | 336 (33.4%) |
Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) | 168 (16.7%) |
Russell’s viper (Daboia siamenis) | 30 (3.0%) |
Red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) | 10 (1.0%) |
Mountain pit viper (Ovophis monticola) | 1 (0.1%) |
Brown-spotted pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus) | 1 (0.1%) |
Unknown hematotoxic snakes | 49 (4.9%) |
Neurotoxic snakes, N = 356 (35.4%) | |
Cobra (Naja species) | 271 (26.9%) |
Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) | 25 (2.5%) |
King cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah) | 10 (1.0%) |
Coral snakes (Calliophis species) | 9 (0.9%) |
Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) | 2 (0.2%) |
Unknown neurotoxic snakes | 39 (3.9%) |
Unidentified venomous snakes, N = 55 (5.5%) |
AV; antivenom, EARs; early adverse reactions, N; number, IQR; interquartile range.