Risk factors caused by scorpion stings and envenomations in the province of Kelâa Des Sraghna (Morocco)
The present study aims to elucidate the risk factors involved in deaths caused by scorpion envenomation. A retrospective study was carried out in the province of Kelâa des Sraghna from 2003 to 2004. The hospital charts of scorpion envenomation cases treated in the Essalama Hospital in Kelâa des Srag...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b37ce65492ef45f7a52517cc0efce7bd 2023-05-15T15:09:28+02:00 Risk factors caused by scorpion stings and envenomations in the province of Kelâa Des Sraghna (Morocco) R Hmimou A Soulaymani A Mokhtari A Arfaoui G Eloufir I Semlali R Soulaymani Bencheikh 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992008000400006 https://doaj.org/article/b37ce65492ef45f7a52517cc0efce7bd EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000400006 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992008000400006 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/b37ce65492ef45f7a52517cc0efce7bd Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 4, Pp 628-640 (2008) scorpion Morocco epidemiology Kelâa province of Sraghna Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992008000400006 2022-12-31T15:58:29Z The present study aims to elucidate the risk factors involved in deaths caused by scorpion envenomation. A retrospective study was carried out in the province of Kelâa des Sraghna from 2003 to 2004. The hospital charts of scorpion envenomation cases treated in the Essalama Hospital in Kelâa des Sraghna were exhaustively analyzed. Our study contains 31 cases of death among 470 hospitalization cases. Most stings had occurred during the hot period peaking in July and August (54.6%). Moreover, the scorpion stings occurred at night in 60.1% of the cases, between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am. In addition, all age groups were affected by envenomation, with a higher frequency in children aged less than 15 years (68.3%). The envenomation rate (class II + class III) was 70.9%. The statistical analysis of the data shows that being less than 15 years old, having been stung during the night and belonging to class III are risk factors that aggravate vital prognosis of hospitalized patients. Furthermore, clinical severity factors, elicited by relative risk analysis, are cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological vital distresses, with relative risks of 14.84, 11.92 and 48.33, respectively. The results of our study clearly displayed the severity and extent of the scorpion envenomation problem. Thus, great attention must be paid to this region of Morocco by the national health authorities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 14 4 628 640 |
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The present study aims to elucidate the risk factors involved in deaths caused by scorpion envenomation. A retrospective study was carried out in the province of Kelâa des Sraghna from 2003 to 2004. The hospital charts of scorpion envenomation cases treated in the Essalama Hospital in Kelâa des Sraghna were exhaustively analyzed. Our study contains 31 cases of death among 470 hospitalization cases. Most stings had occurred during the hot period peaking in July and August (54.6%). Moreover, the scorpion stings occurred at night in 60.1% of the cases, between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am. In addition, all age groups were affected by envenomation, with a higher frequency in children aged less than 15 years (68.3%). The envenomation rate (class II + class III) was 70.9%. The statistical analysis of the data shows that being less than 15 years old, having been stung during the night and belonging to class III are risk factors that aggravate vital prognosis of hospitalized patients. Furthermore, clinical severity factors, elicited by relative risk analysis, are cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological vital distresses, with relative risks of 14.84, 11.92 and 48.33, respectively. The results of our study clearly displayed the severity and extent of the scorpion envenomation problem. Thus, great attention must be paid to this region of Morocco by the national health authorities. |
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Risk factors caused by scorpion stings and envenomations in the province of Kelâa Des Sraghna (Morocco) |
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