Clinical predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with snake bite: A retrospective study from a rural hospital in central India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-30

  Kalantri, Shriprakash ^a,b   Singh, Amandeep ^a   Joshi, Rajnish ^a,b   Malamba, Samuel ^b   Ho, Christine ^b   Ezoua, Joseph ^b   Morgan, Maureen ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Envenoming; India; Mortality; Predictors; Risk factors; Snake bites; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SNAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; URINE LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES; VOMITING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33644930872     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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