Sympathetic nervous system activation, antivenin administration and cardiovascular manifestations of scorpion envenomation

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1339-1346

  Mazzei de Dàvila, Carmen A ^a   Dàvila, Diego F ^a   Donis, Jose H ^a   De Bellabarba, Gabriela Arata ^a   Villarreal, Vanesa ^a   Barboza, Juan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Myocardial function; Pulmonary edema; Scorpion envenomation; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACCIDENT; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; VENEZUELA;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS;

EID: 0036708950     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00145-9     Document Type: Article

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