Effects of climate variables on the incidence of scorpion stings in Iran for five years
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background: Although scorpionism is recorded worldwide, some regions such as Iran present a higher incidence. Due to the great prevalence of scorpion stings in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, the present study examined the relationship between ...
Ahmad Ghorbani +2 more
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Scorpion Stings: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Forensic Medical Evaluation Using University Hospital Data. [PDF]
Rev Soc Bras Med TropKafadar H +3 more
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Forecasting and prediction of scorpion sting cases in Biskra province, Algeria, using a seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average model [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2016 OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to highlight some epidemiological aspects of scorpion envenomations, to analyse and interpret the available data for Biskra province, Algeria, and to develop a forecasting model for scorpion sting cases in Biskra ...
Schehrazad Selmane, Mohamed L’Hadj
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Retrospective Study of Children with Scorpion Envenomation in a Tertiary Care Center of North India [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2020 Background: Scorpion envenomation is a common public health problem worldwide and children are at greater risk of developing severe cardiac, respiratory and neurological complications.
Rajesh Yadav +4 more
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Heart and Mind, 2020 Scorpion sting is common in India; usually, these are harmless and follow a benign clinical course but sometimes have serious life-threatening complications including death.
Piyush Kalantri +3 more
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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.
O. Ozkan +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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Epidemiological Study of Scorpion-sting in Patients Referred to Medical Centers of Shiraz, South-west of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2021 Background: Scorpion sting is one of the serious and major medical problems in the world. Shiraz is a tourist city and one of the high-risk areas where a number of scorpion sting occurs annually.
Masoumeh Bagheri +2 more
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Introducing Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) scorpion as one of the major stinging scorpions in Khuzestan, Iran [PDF]
, 2009 Khuzestan province has the highest rate of scorpion sting in Iran. This is a study to identify these scorpions in Khuzestan. In this study 418 scorpions were kept in the ethyl alcohol 70, each being studied by stereomicroscopy and diagnosis key ...
Bigdelli, S. +3 more
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Compsobuthus matthiesseni sting from Bazoft: A case report
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2022 Objective: A Scorpion sting is one of the most important health and medical problems in most parts of Iran. Case Presentation: This case report occurred in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province of Bazoft city.
Rouhullah Dehghani
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