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Table 3 Results of post-hoc analysis of comparison between cobra and non-cobra bites

From: A five-year retrospective review of snakebite patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Malaysia

 

Cobra

Non-cobra

p value**

Results in severe envenomation

42 (65.6%)

15 (26.8%)

< 0.001

Requiring anti-venom administration

21 (32.8%)

12 (21.4%)

0.164

Bitten at lower limb more than upper limb

45(57.7%)

33 (42.3%)

0.290

Results in neurotoxicity

18 (28.1%)

1 (1.8%)

< 0.001

Complete recovery

48 (75.0%)

53 (94.6%)

0.003

Complicated with gangrene in at least part of the bite site

11 (17.2%)

3 (5.4%)

0.044

  1. ** All analysis done using Pearson's chi-square test.