Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpion stings in children in fez, Morocco
Scorpion stings are a public health problem in Morocco, especially among children, who experience the most severe cases. Epidemiological and clinical findings on scorpion stings in Fez, Morocco, were evaluated in this investigation. Of 163 cases that required medical attention, 62.6% were male child...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:47776ca126cb4b4ca4a1530fcf3c0cef 2023-05-15T15:02:49+02:00 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpion stings in children in fez, Morocco S Abourazzak S Achour L El Arqam S Atmani S Chaouki I Semlali R Soulaymani Bencheikh A Bouharrou M Hida 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992009000200008 https://doaj.org/article/47776ca126cb4b4ca4a1530fcf3c0cef EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992009000200008 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992009000200008 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/47776ca126cb4b4ca4a1530fcf3c0cef Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 255-267 (2009) scorpion sting clinical symptoms envenomation treatment children Morocco Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2009 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992009000200008 2022-12-30T20:49:36Z Scorpion stings are a public health problem in Morocco, especially among children, who experience the most severe cases. Epidemiological and clinical findings on scorpion stings in Fez, Morocco, were evaluated in this investigation. Of 163 cases that required medical attention, 62.6% were male children. The mean age of patients was 4.8 ± 3.4 years. The mean time between stings and first medical attention was 3.36 ± 2.5 hours. Almost all cases occurred in the summer (94%) and extremities represented the most frequent sting sites (86.5%). Local pain, hyperemia, scarification, vomiting, sweating, restlessness, tachycardia and tachypnea were the observed clinical symptoms. Regarding severity, 55.2% of patients belonged to class III, followed by class II (26.4%) and class I (18.4%). None of our patients received antivenom; however, all of them were treated symptomatically depending on clinical manifestations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 15 2 |
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Scorpion stings are a public health problem in Morocco, especially among children, who experience the most severe cases. Epidemiological and clinical findings on scorpion stings in Fez, Morocco, were evaluated in this investigation. Of 163 cases that required medical attention, 62.6% were male children. The mean age of patients was 4.8 ± 3.4 years. The mean time between stings and first medical attention was 3.36 ± 2.5 hours. Almost all cases occurred in the summer (94%) and extremities represented the most frequent sting sites (86.5%). Local pain, hyperemia, scarification, vomiting, sweating, restlessness, tachycardia and tachypnea were the observed clinical symptoms. Regarding severity, 55.2% of patients belonged to class III, followed by class II (26.4%) and class I (18.4%). None of our patients received antivenom; however, all of them were treated symptomatically depending on clinical manifestations. |
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpion stings in children in fez, Morocco |
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