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Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation

Scorpion envenomation is a life-threatening toxicological emergency and considered as a major public health problem, especially in endemic regions (India, Africa, Latin America); it is generally characterized by low resources and tropical or subtropical weather. Scorpion envenomation is especially f...

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Autores principales: Godoy, Daniel A, Badenes, Rafael, Seifi, Sepehr, Salehi, Shanay, Seifi, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055554
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14715
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author Godoy, Daniel A
Badenes, Rafael
Seifi, Sepehr
Salehi, Shanay
Seifi, Ali
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description Scorpion envenomation is a life-threatening toxicological emergency and considered as a major public health problem, especially in endemic regions (India, Africa, Latin America); it is generally characterized by low resources and tropical or subtropical weather. Scorpion envenomation is especially fatal in the first hours, usually due to respiratory and/or cardiovascular collapse. The neurologic manifestations, triggered by multiple neurotoxic mechanisms, are varied and complex and mostly reported in children. The aim of this review is to clarify the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical manifestations as well as diagnosis and management of neurologic complications following scorpion envenomation. The management of patients with severe clinical forms is based on early recognition of the sting, antivenom serum administration, and cardiorespiratory and systemic support.
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spelling pubmed-81580702021-05-28 Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation Godoy, Daniel A Badenes, Rafael Seifi, Sepehr Salehi, Shanay Seifi, Ali Cureus Emergency Medicine Scorpion envenomation is a life-threatening toxicological emergency and considered as a major public health problem, especially in endemic regions (India, Africa, Latin America); it is generally characterized by low resources and tropical or subtropical weather. Scorpion envenomation is especially fatal in the first hours, usually due to respiratory and/or cardiovascular collapse. The neurologic manifestations, triggered by multiple neurotoxic mechanisms, are varied and complex and mostly reported in children. The aim of this review is to clarify the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical manifestations as well as diagnosis and management of neurologic complications following scorpion envenomation. The management of patients with severe clinical forms is based on early recognition of the sting, antivenom serum administration, and cardiorespiratory and systemic support. Cureus 2021-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8158070/ /pubmed/34055554 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14715 Text en Copyright © 2021, Godoy et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation
title_full Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation
title_fullStr Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation
title_full_unstemmed Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation
title_short Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation
title_sort neurological and systemic manifestations of severe scorpion envenomation
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158070/
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