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A five-year retrospective review of snakebite patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Malaysia

Chew KS 1 , Khor HW , Ahmad R , Rahman NH

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  • 1 Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medical Sciences, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. [email protected]
Int J Emerg Med, 2011;4:41.
PMID: 21752254 DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-41

Abstract

Although the majority of the snakebite cases in Malaysia are due to non-venomous snakes, venomous bites cause significant morbidity and mortality if treatment measures, especially ant-venom therapy, are delayed.

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