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Snakebite is an injury caused by a bite from a snake which sometimes results in envenomation. Most of the snakes are nonvenomous. The outcome of snakebite depends on numerous factors which include species of snake, the area of the body bitten, and the amount of venom injected.
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Chaudhry, D., Singh, I.P., Ray, S. (2012). Snakebite. In: Chawla, R., Todi, S. (eds) ICU Protocols. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0535-7_71
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