title: Snake bite envenomation in children in Kashmir.
abstract: A three year retrospective study was done to study snakebite envenomation among Kashmiri children. Ten children were admitted with snakebite. Snakebite was vasculotoxic in seven and mixed in two. Levantine viper bites were seen in five who had Grade 3 bites with severe local signs, severe coagulopathy and hypotension. Both environmental risk and seasonal incidence was observed.
authors.forename: Sheikh Mushtaq
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Umar Amin
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Akhter
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasool
authors.forename: Bashir Ahmed
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Charoo
authors.forename: Qazi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014757:Viper Venoms; D017819:Viperidae
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins; D014757:Viper Venoms