Indian red scorpion envenoming.

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dc.contributor.authorBawaskar, H Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorBawaskar, P Hen_US
dc.date.accessioned1998-05-20en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-30T11:05:43Z
dc.date.available1998-05-20en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-30T11:05:43Z
dc.date.issued1998-05-20en_US
dc.description.abstractThe clinical course and treatment outcome of scorpion envenoming in 293 children was studied in a hospital at Mahad in Raigad district of Maharastra. 111 (38%) children who reported 1-10 hours (mean 3.5 hours) after sting had hypertension, 87 (29.6%) with tachycardia reported within 1-24 hours (mean 6.7 hours) of being envenomed and 72 (24.5%) children developed acute pulmonary edema after 6-24 hours (mean 8 hours) of sting. Six victims were brought dead, while 17 (6%) died later owing to multiorgan failure with loss of consciousness and convulsions (who reported after 24 hours of sting). Early administration of prazosin (125-250 ug orally) improved the clinical symptoms. Morbidity and mortality due to scorpion envenoming depends upon time lapse between sting and administration of post synaptic alpha-1 blocker, prazosin hydrochloride.en_US
dc.description.affiliationBawaskar Hospital and Research Centre, Mahad Raigad, Maharashtra.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBawaskar HS, Bawaskar PH. Indian red scorpion envenoming. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 1998 May-Jun; 65(3): 383-91en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/79324
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/icb/icbai.shtmlen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdrenergic alpha-Antagonists --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshArachnidism --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshCause of Deathen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshPrazosin --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshScorpionsen_US
dc.subject.meshSurvival Rateen_US
dc.titleIndian red scorpion envenoming.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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