Blaycock reported a classification for tissue swelling following a snakebite. The author is from Leslie Williams Memorial Hospital in Carletonville, Gauteng (a province within South Africa).
Patient selection: snakebite
Swelling
Grade
none
0
local at bite site
1
whole hand or foot
2
hand and forearm, or foot and lower leg
3
entire extremity with or without more proximal areas
4
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