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Provedor de dados: | 80
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