Characterization of patients with a snakebite presenting to healthcare facilities and reported to poison and drug information centers-Arizona, 2017-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Envenomation after a North American rattlesnake (Crotalus spp. and Sistrusus spp.) bite is associated with substantial morbidity. Arizona reports the highest number of rattlesnake envenomations annually in the United States. We evaluated the performance of poison and drug information centers for snakebite surveillance, compared with the hospital and emergency department discharge database. We used both datasets to improve the characterization of epidemiology, healthcare costs, and clinical effects of snakebite envenomations in Arizona.

Methods

We identified patients with a snakebite during 2017-2021 using Arizona hospital and emergency department discharge data and snakebite consults with two regional Arizona poison centers. Patients were matched u

SUBMITTER: Mitchell CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849723 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature