Comprehensive management of snakebite:key issues and consideration of treatment strategies
As a common acute and critical toxic disease in clinic,snakebite has the characteristics of rapid on-set,diverse symptoms,high disability rate and high mortality rate.Since the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of neglected tropical diseases in 2009,the issue of snakebites has attracted widespread atten-tion worldwide.In recent years,China has issued the 2018 Expert Consensus on the Treatment of Snake Wounds and the National Health Commission's Code for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Animal Injuries(2021 e-dition),which play a very important role in regulating the clinical diagnosis and treatment of snake bites.Howev-er,the overall mortality rate,disability rate and overall health economic burden from snakebites in China remain high.Through extensive collection,collation and analysis of domestic and foreign representative literature and guidelines,this paper systematically reviews the current situation of treatment of snakebite.