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Demographics of Scorpion Sting in Iran; a Cross Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Scorpion sting is an important public health problem in some countries, including Iran. This study aimed to describe the demographics of a large number of these victims in some endemic areas of Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study evaluated baseline characteristics, clinical findi...

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Autores principales: Mahshidfar, Babak, Basir Ghafouri, Hamed, Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza, Mofidi, Mani, Rezai, Mahdi, Farsi, Davood, Abbasi, Saeed, Hafezimoghadam, Peyman
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Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201959
http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/emergency.v5i1.18276
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author Mahshidfar, Babak
Basir Ghafouri, Hamed
Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza
Mofidi, Mani
Rezai, Mahdi
Farsi, Davood
Abbasi, Saeed
Hafezimoghadam, Peyman
author_facet Mahshidfar, Babak
Basir Ghafouri, Hamed
Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza
Mofidi, Mani
Rezai, Mahdi
Farsi, Davood
Abbasi, Saeed
Hafezimoghadam, Peyman
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description INTRODUCTION: Scorpion sting is an important public health problem in some countries, including Iran. This study aimed to describe the demographics of a large number of these victims in some endemic areas of Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study evaluated baseline characteristics, clinical findings, management, and disposition of scorpion stung cases in 26 cities of 4 provinces in the southwest quarter of Iran, during one year. RESULTS: 3008 cases of scorpion sting with mean age of 27.07 ± 16.58 years were studied (51.3% female). The mean time from sting to hospital was 1.89 ± 1.04 hours. No first aid measures had been taken in 96.6% of cases. Lower (39.5%) and upper (35.7%) extremities were stung most frequently. Midnight to 6:00 am was the period of time most of stings occurred (34.2%). Local pain (77.2%) and erythema (63.5) were among the most common signs and symptoms. 2026 (67.3%) victims had been discharged; 326 (10.8%) were admitted or referred to other hospitals and 5 (0.2%) cases died. CONCLUSION: It seems that demographic characteristics of scorpion sting in Iran are not so different from those reported from other sites of the world, as signs and symptoms of local and systemic envenomations. Victims, companions, and healthcare providers perform many futile and maybe harmful measures and there is a need to educate all about all of these details.
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spelling pubmed-57037542017-11-30 Demographics of Scorpion Sting in Iran; a Cross Sectional Study Mahshidfar, Babak Basir Ghafouri, Hamed Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza Mofidi, Mani Rezai, Mahdi Farsi, Davood Abbasi, Saeed Hafezimoghadam, Peyman Emerg (Tehran) Original Research INTRODUCTION: Scorpion sting is an important public health problem in some countries, including Iran. This study aimed to describe the demographics of a large number of these victims in some endemic areas of Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study evaluated baseline characteristics, clinical findings, management, and disposition of scorpion stung cases in 26 cities of 4 provinces in the southwest quarter of Iran, during one year. RESULTS: 3008 cases of scorpion sting with mean age of 27.07 ± 16.58 years were studied (51.3% female). The mean time from sting to hospital was 1.89 ± 1.04 hours. No first aid measures had been taken in 96.6% of cases. Lower (39.5%) and upper (35.7%) extremities were stung most frequently. Midnight to 6:00 am was the period of time most of stings occurred (34.2%). Local pain (77.2%) and erythema (63.5) were among the most common signs and symptoms. 2026 (67.3%) victims had been discharged; 326 (10.8%) were admitted or referred to other hospitals and 5 (0.2%) cases died. CONCLUSION: It seems that demographic characteristics of scorpion sting in Iran are not so different from those reported from other sites of the world, as signs and symptoms of local and systemic envenomations. Victims, companions, and healthcare providers perform many futile and maybe harmful measures and there is a need to educate all about all of these details. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017 2017-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5703754/ /pubmed/29201959 http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/emergency.v5i1.18276 Text en © Copyright (2017) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Basir Ghafouri, Hamed
Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza
Mofidi, Mani
Rezai, Mahdi
Farsi, Davood
Abbasi, Saeed
Hafezimoghadam, Peyman
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title Demographics of Scorpion Sting in Iran; a Cross Sectional Study
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title_fullStr Demographics of Scorpion Sting in Iran; a Cross Sectional Study
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title_short Demographics of Scorpion Sting in Iran; a Cross Sectional Study
title_sort demographics of scorpion sting in iran; a cross sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201959
http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/emergency.v5i1.18276
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