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Table 2 Differences in urban/sSuburban and rural patients with snakebites

From: Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023

 

Rural (n = 725)

Urban (n = 1908)

p-value

Hospital Admission, n (%)

653 (90.1)

1503 (78.8)

< 0.0001

ICU Charges, n (%)

87 (12)

324 (17)

0.002

Antivenom Given, n (%)

422 (58.2)

940 (49.3)

< 0.0001

Antibiotics Given, n (%)

55 (7.6)

175 (9.2)

0.22

Readmission, n (%)

60 (8.3)

174 (9.1)

0.54

Abnormal Coagulation Labs, n (%)

40 (5.5)

178 (9.3)

0.002

Compartment Syndrome, n (%)

3 (0.4)

7 (0.37)

> 0.99

Mortality

0

1

> 0.99

  1. P < 0.05 indicates significant difference and presented as bold within table