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Provedor de dados: 	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpion stings in children in fez, Morocco	
Autores: 	Abourazzak,S; Achour,S; El Arqam,L; Atmani,S; Chaouki,S; Semlali,I; Soulaymani Bencheikh,R; Bouharrou,A; Hida,M.	
Data: 	2009-01-01	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Scorpion sting; Clinical symptoms; Envenomation; Treatment; Children; Morocco.	
Resumo: 	Scorpion stings are a public health problem in Morocco, especially among children, who experience the most severe cases. Epidemiological and clinical findings on scorpion stings in Fez, Morocco, were evaluated in this investigation. Of 163 cases that required medical attention, 62.6% were male children. The mean age of patients was 4.8 ± 3.4 years. The mean time between stings and first medical attention was 3.36 ± 2.5 hours. Almost all cases occurred in the summer (94%) and extremities represented the most frequent sting sites (86.5%). Local pain, hyperemia, scarification, vomiting, sweating, restlessness, tachycardia and tachypnea were the observed clinical symptoms. Regarding severity, 55.2% of patients belonged to class III, followed by class II (26.4%) and class I (18.4%). None of our patients received antivenom; however, all of them were treated symptomatically depending on clinical manifestations.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992009000200008	
Editor: 	Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1678-91992009000200008	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.15 n.2 2009	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess