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Table 5 Numeric Swelling Scale (NSS): Overall Study Results

From: Prospective study of recovery from copperhead snake envenomation: an observational study

 

Discharge

Day 3

Day 7

Day 14

Day 21

Day 28

 

Median

Range

Median

Range

Median

Range

Median

Range

Median

Range

Median

Range

Score

6.5

2, 10

3

0, 9

1

0, 9

0.5

0, 4

0

0, 3

0

0, 3

  1. Subjects’ self-reported swelling, ordinal scale ranging from 0 (“no swelling”) to 10 (“very severe swelling”). A larger number represents more swelling. Data based on 20 subjects. The day of envenomation is Day 0.
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BMC Emergency Medicine

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