Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Snake bite is an important public health problem in the rural tropics, resulting in envenomation and death
Majority of studies have been done on adult snake bite victims and only limited studies are available based on snake bite envenomation in children in our region
Majority (73%) of children affected by snake bite were in the school going age group (6-15 years) as shown in figure 2
Summary
Snake bite is an important public health problem in the rural tropics, resulting in envenomation and death. The chief poisonous snakes in India are common cobra, king cobra, common krait, Russell viper, saw scaled viper, pit viper and sea snakes. Around 100,000 deaths due to snake bite are seen worldwide per year of which 35,000-50,000 deaths are from India[2,3] Populations in these regions experience high morbidity and mortality because of poor access to health services and due to scarcity of anti-snake venom (ASV), which is the only specific treatment. ASV available in India is polyvalent and is effective against the cobra, krait, Russell viper and saw scaled viper (the big four). It is ineffective against hump nosed pit viper, king cobra, sea snakes and other poisonous snakes. The clinical presentation and the complications of snake bite in children differ significantly from adult snake bite victims
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