Pediatric Snakebite Clinical Data from Sub-Saharan Africa Systematic Review

Encompassing aggregated study-level data from a systematic review on pediatric snakebite in Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes extracted study characteristics, quality assessments, search strategies, antivenom use by country, clinical outcomes, and prognostic indicators. The data supports transparency and reproducibility of the published review.

Use Cases

• Analyze antivenom use by country to identify regional treatment disparities.
• Examine clinical outcomes data to identify prognostic indicators for pediatric snakebite.
• Assess the quality of included studies using the quality assessment results.
• Map the geographic distribution of included studies to identify research gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a systematic review, ensuring a structured and comprehensive literature synthesis.
• Includes multiple data facets such as antivenom use, clinical outcomes, and prognostic indicators.
• Shared to support transparency, reproducibility, and reuse of the underlying review data.

Limitations

• Contains only aggregated study-level data, with no individual patient records for granular analysis.
• The scope is limited to studies on pediatric snakebite in Sub-Saharan Africa, which may not generalize to other regions or age groups.
• Data completeness and consistency depend on the reporting quality of the original studies included in the review.

Provenance

Source

heiDATA Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Data extracted and aggregated from studies included in a systematic review.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-08.

Geography

Sub-Saharan Africa