Clinical Profile of Severe Scorpion Envenomation in Children at Rural Setting

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1072-1075

  Bawaskar, Himmatrao S ^a,b   Bawaskar, Promodini H ^a  

^a Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center Raigad   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pulmonary edema; Scorpion sting

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENIRAMINE; PRAZOSIN; SCORPION VENOM; SCORPION VENOM ANTISERUM; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; RURAL AREA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOBUTAMINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PRAZOSIN; PULMONARY EDEMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344823912     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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