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Evaluation of scorpion sting incidence in turkey
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008 Scorpion stings are common in Turkey due to its geographical location, climate and socioeconomic structure. Scorpion envenomation cases are a considerable public health problem in all regions of the country.
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Epidemiological and clinical status of patients with scorpion sting: emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz-Iran [PDF]
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2017 Objective: Scorpion is one of the world’s most venomous arthropods and every year many people are bitten by it. In Iran, scorpion sting is a common health issue.
kavous Shahsavarinia +4 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Dilated nonreacting pupils are routinely taken as a sign of irreversible brain damage. Alpha-receptor stimulation (scorpion sting) and presynaptic acetylcholine receptor blocker (krait bite) may result in dilation of pupils without involvement of the ...
Himmatrao S Bawaskar +2 more
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Efficacy of Ropivacaine for Sub-Arachnoid Block in Patients with Recent History of Scorpion Sting: A case series [PDF]
Sultan Qaboos University Medical JournalFailure of sub-arachnoid block (SAB), due to resistance to bupivacaine after a recent scorpion sting can lead to multiple block attempts and subsequent conversion to general anaesthesia.
Saurabh Trivedi +3 more
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Scorpion sting and hypertensive crisis
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND Scorpion stings are very frequent in Centre-South America. The most frequently observed clinical symptoms are: local pain and redness, tachycardia, irritability, hypertensive crisis; but it differs with the scorpion species involved.
C. Ratti +5 more
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Scorpion sting in a pregnant woman: A case report
Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2015 Scorpion envenomations remain a serious health problem in many parts of the world, generally occurring in the summer months. While there are a number of case reports in the literature regarding scorpion stings, reports of envenomation oc- curring during ...
Selim Bozkurt +5 more
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Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage Following Scorpion Sting
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2005 Central nervous system manifestations following scorpion sting have been infrequently reported in literature. To emphasise the fact that this form of clinical presentation is not unusual we are reporting a case of scorpion sting associated with intra ...
Mathur P C, Trikha Sushma, Kohli Ritesh
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Cerebral edema associated to scorpion sting: a two-case sting report
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2005 Scorpionism is a public health problem in some places in Mexico. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, developing systemic and local symptoms.
N. O. Romero, T. J. M. Hernández
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Scrotum Injury by Scorpion Sting
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2008 Androctonus crassicauda is the second most frequent causes of scorpion sting in south-west Iran. Its venom can cause sever pain, autonomic, central nervous system (CNS), muscle function disturbances, and death.
R Dehghani, T Khamehchian
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Scorpion sting prevention and treatment in ancient Iran
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2015 Due to the medical and therapeutic importance of scorpions in Iranian traditional medicine, this review was conducted on the treatment of scorpion sting as performed by traditional healers in order to realize complications, clinical manifestations ...
Rouhullah Dehghani +1 more
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