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Venomous Exposures by Native Organisms of Medical Significance

A Prospective Study on the Clinical Profile,epidemiology, method of identification of species, awareness and treatment protocols of envenomation in Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/10/021828
Enrollment
400
Registered
2019-10-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: T638- Toxic effect of contact with othervenomous animals Health Condition 2: T636- Toxic effect of contact with othervenomous marine animals Health Condition 3: T639- Toxic effect of contact with unspecified venomous animal Health Condition 4: T635- Toxic effect of contact with venomous fish Health Condition 5: T630- Toxic effect of snake venom Health Condition 6: T634- Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods Health Condition 7: T632- Toxic effect of venom of scorpion

Interventions

Intervention1: not applicable: not applicable

Sponsors

Freston Marc Sirur
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients of both sexes and all age groups presenting with reptilian, arthropod or marine bite or stings.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mammalian bites and other poisoning including plant and chemical poisoning.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
number of cases, High risk months,High incidence locations, association with climate, geography,Circumstances,Mortality, morbidity,Amount of Antivenin used per case â?? Complications â?? Most common culprit species,Time between bite and onset of symptoms. Timepoint: The data will be assessed at the end of every monsoon season from the onset of the monsoons to the end of the retreating monsoons usually from June to October, it will also be assessed from the winter season starting in November to the end of the summer season usually in May. A yearly study will be reported and will be compared with the next years data sets.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
innovation of advanced software based data collection system for VENOMS registry and identification of problem areas in this field with suggested solutions and requirements for the same.Timepoint: At the end of every year from start of data collection.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactFreston Marc Sirur

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

sirur.freston@gmail.com9604200840

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026