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Predictive determinants of scorpion stings in a tropical zone of south Iran: use of mixed seasonal autoregressive moving average model [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background: More than 1.2 million scorpion stings occur annually worldwide, particularly in tropical regions. In the absence of proper medical care, mortality due to venomous scorpion stings is an important public health issue.
Vahid Ebrahimi +3 more
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Severity of Scorpion Stings in the Western Brazilian Amazon: A Case-Control Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 BackgroundScorpion stings are a major public health problem in Brazil, with an increasing number of registered cases every year. Affecting mostly vulnerable populations, the phenomenon is not well described and is considered a neglected disease.
Amanda M Queiroz +9 more
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Stroke as a rare complication of scorpion stings: A systematic review and analysis [PDF]
Toxicon: XApproximately 1 million scorpion stings are recorded annually worldwide, resulting in 3000 deaths. Scorpion venom has various effects on the human body, with neurological complications occurring in about 2% of cases.
Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez +6 more
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Effects of climate variables on the incidence of scorpion stings in Iran for five years [PDF]
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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Evaluation of scorpion sting incidence in turkey [PDF]
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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Scorpion Sting Envenomation [PDF]
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2011 Sir, I read the recent publication on scorpion envenomation with a great interest [1]. Prasad et al. reported the high rate of shock and concluded that “All patients had perspiration and cold extremities [1].” I would like to share my opinion on this topic.
Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Pediatric epidemiological aspects of scorpionism and report on fatal cases from Tityus stigmurus stings (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in State of Pernambuco, Brazil [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013 Introduction Envenomation by scorpion stings is a major public health problem in numerous tropical countries because of its frequent incidence and potential severity.
Cleide Maria Ribeiro de Albuquerque +3 more
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On the management of scorpion stings [PDF]
Heart, 2000 Editor,—We read with great interest Karnad's paper,1 and also the responses in the correspondence columns2 concerning the same article. We have the following points to make based on our 12 years' experience of scorpion envenomation in experimental animals.
Shripad B. Deshpande
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Scorpion sting in pregnancy [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2015 OZET Akrep sokmasi sonrasinda hafif yerel bulgulardan yasami tehdit edebilecek agir sistemik bulgulara kadar degisebilen klinik seyir gozlenebilir. Bu olgu sunumumuzda, literaturde kisitli bilgiye sahip oldugumuz ve cocuk acillerde nadir karsilastigimiz akrep sokmasi sonrasi cocuk acile basvuran bir gebede ve fetuste akrep toksininin etkilerini ...
Sinem Sarı +3 more
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