- Title
- Scorpion envenomation
- Creator
- Isbister, Geoffrey K.; Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba
- Relation
- The New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 371, Issue 5, p. 457-463
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1401108
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Every year, more than 1 million cases of scorpion envenomation are reported worldwide. Although the resultant mortality is lower than that from snake envenomation, there is substantial morbidity and, among children, a risk of death. Almost all systemic scorpion envenomation causes pain at the site of the sting. A mixed autonomic excitation (neuroexcitatory) syndrome that is unique to scorpions follows; the syndrome varies in type and severity according to the type of scorpion. In addition, a cytotoxic envenomation syndrome has been reported in areas of Iran in which Hemiscorpius lepturus is endemic.
- Subject
- scorpion venom; envenomation; neuronal excitation; toxicity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1048021
- Identifier
- uon:14860
- Identifier
- ISSN:1533-4406
- Rights
- From The New England Journal of Medicine, Isbister, Geoffrey K.; Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba , Scorpion envenomation, Vol. 371, Issue 5, p. 457-463 Copyright ©2014 Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission
- Language
- eng
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