Table 4 Symptoms and time to death in patients of group 3 (high dose of antivenom); one death (#11) was not recorded because the patient died before treatment, less than three hours after the bite
From: Use of antivenoms for the treatment of envenomation by Elapidae snakes in Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa
Patient | Time between bite and presentation | Clinical score on arrival | Snake species | Vials of antivenom | Associated symptoms | Evolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Death H2 | ||
2 | 7 | 4 | D. viridis | 4 | Edema | Recovery H31 |
3 | 7 | 4 | Naja sp. | 4 | Edema | Recovery H79 |
4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Recovery H50 | ||
5 | 3 | 2 | Naja sp. | 4 | Recovery H51 | |
6 | 3 | 5 | D. polylepis | 4 | Local bleeding | Death H1 |
7 | 1 | 1 | N. nigricollis | 4 | Edema | Recovery H49 |
8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Local bleeding | Death H2 | |
9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Local bleeding | Recovery H28 | |
10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Recovery H49 | ||
12 | 4 | 4 | Naja sp. | 4 | Edema | Recovery H52 |
13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Recovery H28 | ||
14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Edema | Recovery H29 | |
15 | 6 | 4 | D. viridis | 4 | Recovery H30 | |
16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Recovery H53 | ||
17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Recovery H34 | ||
18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | Recovery H66 |