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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Godoy, Daniel A Badenes, Rafael Seifi, Sepehr Salehi, Shanay Seifi, Ali Neurological and Systemic Manifestations of Severe Scorpion Envenomation |
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/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055554 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14715 |
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