Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The use of antibiotics in venomous snake bite

Abstract

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether antibiotics reduce the incidence of infection after venomous snake bite. Altogether 60 papers were found using the reported search, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these papers are shown in table 3. A clinical bottom line is stated.