A clinical score predicting the need for hospitalization in scorpion envenomation

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Nouira, Semir ^a   Boukef, Riadh ^a   Nciri, Noureddine ^a   Haguiga, Habib ^c   Elatrous, Souheil ^b   Besbes, Lamia ^a   Letaief, Mondher ^d   Abroug, Fekri ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Tahar Sfar University Hospital   (Tunisia)

^c District Hospital   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCORPION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248190193     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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