Indian red scorpion envenoming.
dc.contributor.author | Bawaskar, H S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bawaskar, P H | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 1998-05-20 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-30T11:05:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 1998-05-20 | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-30T11:05:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-05-20 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.affiliation | Bawaskar Hospital and Research Centre, Mahad Raigad, Maharashtra. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bawaskar HS, Bawaskar PH. Indian red scorpion envenoming. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 1998 May-Jun; 65(3): 383-91 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/79324 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://medind.nic.in/icb/icbai.shtml | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists --therapeutic use | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Arachnidism --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Cause of Death | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child, Preschool | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | India --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Infant | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Prazosin --therapeutic use | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Scorpions | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Survival Rate | en_US |
dc.title | Indian red scorpion envenoming. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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