Scorpion sting envenomation presenting with pulmonary edema in adults: A report of seven cases from Nepal

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-23

  Bhadani, Umesh Kumar ^a   Tripathi, Mukesh ^a   Sharma, Sanjib ^a   Pandey, Rajesh ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Inotropes; Positive pressure ventilation; Pulmonary edema; Scorpion sting

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SCORPION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 31744448828     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.19672     Document Type: Article

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