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Table 2 Symptoms and time to death in patients of group 1

From: Use of antivenoms for the treatment of envenomation by Elapidae snakes in Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa

N

Time of the bite

Sex and age

Treatment

Symptoms at presentation

Time of the death

Time between bite and death

1

8:10 a.m.

M – 15

Traditional

Hypersalivation; blurred vision

10:45 a.m.

2:35

2

9:00 p.m.

M – 43

Symptomatic

Breathlessness

4:00 a.m.

7:00

3

3:20 p.m.

F – 56

Traditional and symptomatic

Weakness; sweat

11:10 p.m.

7:50

4

11:00 a.m.

M – 23

Symptomatic

Ptosis

7:00 p.m.

8:00

5

0:50 p.m.

M – 17

Traditional

Blurred vision

2:15 p.m.

1:25

6

4:20 p.m.

F – 32

Traditional and symptomatic

Consciousness disorders

1:00 p.m.

20:40

7

8:00 p.m.

F – 8

Symptomatic

Blurred vision and consciousness disorders

12:30 a.m.

16:30

8

5:00 p.m.

F – 36

Traditional

Hypersalivation, consciousness disorders

4:10 a.m.

11:10

9

2:30 p.m.

M – 51

Traditional and symptomatic

Local bleeding; breathlessness

Day 2: 6:00 p.m.

27:30