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Scorpion envenomation in Merida, Venezuela
Toxicon, 1997This study involves a review of the records of 64 children referred to the University of los Andes Hospital with the diagnosis of scorpion envenomation. The patients were divided into group 1 (local manifestations, 42.4%) and group 2 (systemic manifestations, 7.8%).
C A, Mazzei de Davila +5 more
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Scorpion envenoming and the role of insulin
Toxicon, 1994Scorpion envenoming results in a severe autonomic storm with a massive release of catecholamines, increased angiotensin II and inhibition of insulin secretion. These hormonal alterations could be responsible for the pathogenesis of a variety of clinical manifestations.
K R, Murthy, N K, Hase
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Envenomation by the Scorpion Centruroides Sculpturatus
Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1983Envenomation by the scorpion C. sculpturatus can be life threatening. The action of the venom is to produce prolonged and excessive firing of neuronal axons which results in a wide variety of signs and symptoms. Records of 670 patients suffering from scorpion stings in central Arizona in 1982 were reviewed to characterize the clinical course of these ...
S C, Curry +4 more
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Indian red scorpion envenoming
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1998The clinical course and treatment outcome of scorpion envenoming in 293 children was studied in a hospital at Mahad in Raigad district of Maharastra. 111 (38%) children who reported 1-10 hours (mean 3.5 hours) after sting had hypertension, 87 (29.6%) with tachycardia reported within 1-24 hours (mean 6.7 hours) of being envenomed and 72 (24.5%) children
H S, Bawaskar, P H, Bawaskar
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Use of Prazosin in the Treatment of Scorpion Envenomation
American Journal of Therapeutics, 2006Although scorpion bite is usually lethal in children under 6, sometimes it might cause death for those over 6. Acute lethal systemic seizures (cardiovascular and central nervous systems) have been frequently reported from the countryside of developing countries. Numerous researchers have suggested quite different approaches to the treatment of scorpion
Koseoglu Z., Koseoglu A.
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Scorpion Sting and Envenomation
2014Scorpion stings are a major public health problem in many underdeveloped tropical countries, especially Sahelian Africa, South India, the Middle East, Mexico, and South Latin America. Although there are various species of scorpions, only few of these can be potentially lethal to humans.
Robed Amin, Abul Faiz
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Paresthesia in Envenomation by the Scorpion Leiurus Quinquestriatus
Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1995We observed two patients with systemic paresthesia as the sole systemic manifestation of envenomation by L. quinquestriatus. A prospective study of the incidence of local and systemic paresthesia in 20 consecutive patients stung by this scorpion was done.
V, Bogomolski-Yahalom +2 more
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Nursing Critical Care, 2016
Abstract: Centruroides sculpturatus/exilicauda, better known as the bark scorpion, is a member of the class Arachnida and the family Buthidae and the most dangerous scorpion within the United States.
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Abstract: Centruroides sculpturatus/exilicauda, better known as the bark scorpion, is a member of the class Arachnida and the family Buthidae and the most dangerous scorpion within the United States.
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