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Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock due to Scorpion Envenomation

open access: yesCase Reports in Critical Care, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Introduction. The occurrence of a cardiogenic shock is a rare presentation after scorpion envenomation. The treatment includes classically the use of inotropes and specific vasodilators. Case Presentation. We report a case of an 11‐year‐old boy presenting with cardiogenic shock and pulmonary edema after a scorpion sting.
Amine Tarmiz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parabuthus Kalaharicus, a new species of scorpion from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in the republic of South Africa (buthidae, scorpionida)

open access: yesKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1977
A new species of scorpion Parabuthus kalaharicus, family Buthidae, is described from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, in the northern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. P. kalaharicus is most closely related to P. granulatus (H. & E., 1828)
Bruno H. Lamoraal
doaj   +1 more source

Neotropical club-tailed scorpions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
134 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.The Neotropical "club-tailed" scorpions of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876, and two related genera in family Buthidae C.L.
Esposito, Lauren A.   +4 more
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpionism in Shiraz (2012-2016); development of a clinical severity grading for Iranian scorpion envenomation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Scorpionism is a public health problem in some provinces in Iran. The present study aimed to assess the clinical manifestations of scorpion envenomation in Shiraz and determine a clinical severity grading for Iranian scorpion envenomation in ...
Dehghani, R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Three Novel Spider Genomes Unveil Spidroin Diversification and Hox Cluster Architecture: Ryuthela nishihirai (Liphistiidae), Uloborus plumipes (Uloboridae) and Cheiracanthium punctorium (Cheiracanthiidae)

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Spiders are a hyperdiverse taxon and among the most abundant predators in nearly all terrestrial habitats. Their success is often attributed to key developments in their evolution such as silk and venom production and major apomorphies such as a whole‐genome duplication.
Yannis Schöneberg   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Luoyutong Treatment Promotes Functional Recovery and Neuronal Plasticity after Cerebral Ischemia‐Reperfusion Injury in Rats

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Luoyutong (LYT) capsule has been used to treat cerebrovascular diseases clinically in China and is now patented and approved by the State Food and Drug Administration. In this retrospective validation study we investigated the ability of LYT to protect against cerebral ischemia‐reperfusion injury in rats.
Ning-qun Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The locomotory rhythmic activity in scorpions: with a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Locomotory rhythmic behavior is entrained by the change between photophase and skotophase and to some extent by thermal conditions. In many species studied most activity takes place during early night hours.
Michael R. Warburg
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A checklist of the scorpions of Ecuador (Arachnida: Scorpiones), with notes on the distribution and medical significance of some species

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015
Ecuador harbors one of the most diverse Neotropical scorpion faunas, hereby updated to 47 species contained within eight genera and five families, which inhabits the “Costa” (n= 17), “Sierra” (n= 34), “Oriente” (n= 16) and “Insular” (n= 2 ...
Gabriel Brito, Adolfo Borges
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and seasonal composition of the scorpiofauna (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of the Choros archipelago (Coquimbo Region, Chile) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Se estudió la composición taxonómica, la abundancia y la estructura espacial y temporal de la escorpiofauna presente en el archipiélago de Los Choros (Región de Coquimbo, Chile).
Agusto, Pablo   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of landscape metrics on scorpion (Arachnida: Scorpiones) assemblage in a tropical urban ecosystem

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.
Urban landscapes restrain the distribution of forest‐dwelling species. Urban forests can support scorpion assemblages. However, there is a turnover in specialist forest species for opportunistic species Abstract Urban landscapes restrain the distribution of forest‐dwelling species, which may be related to challenging conditions that impair body ...
Matheus Leonydas Borba Feitosa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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