Complications of Scorpion Stings in Patients Admitted in Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman
Publish Year: 1402
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 30 مرداد 1402
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Background: Scorpion sting is one of the medical health problems in tropical and subtropical regions of Iran. This study deals with the frequency of complications of scorpion sting, in patients referred to Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman.Methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytical study was performed using the census sampling method of patients, who referred to Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman following scorpion sting. The statistical population included all patients from ۲۰۱۶ to ۲۰۱۸. After collecting and extracting the data, the results were analyzed by SPSS software.Results: A total of ۱۱۱ stings were reported, ۶۱ females (۵۵%) and ۴۹ males (۴۵%). Local signs included pain (۵۵), swelling (۱۵.۳), erythema (۲۱.۶), skin ecchymosis (۱۸.۹), tenderness (۱۰.۸), and bleeding (۱.۸%). Systemic symptoms included nausea and vomiting (۹), pain (۱.۸), numbness and paresthesia (۳.۶), weakness (۹) and (۸۶.۵) without systemic symptoms. The average number of hospitalization days was ۱.۷۷.Conclusion: Clinical manifestations of patients show that species belonging to two families, Buthidae and Hemiscorpidae, are the cause of stings in this province. Stings has been more common in women and in the age group of ۲۱ to ۴۰ years old and more in July. Due to different species with neurotoxic and hemotoxic poison, the development of treatment protocols by trained physicians, who are familiar with clinical manifestations of these arthropods, are essential.
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Faezeh Ebrahimi
Department of Clinical Toxicology, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Zohreh Oghabian
Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
shakiba farhadpour
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Saeedeh Shojaeepour
Stem cell and Pathology research center, Kerman medical university, Kerman,Iran
Rouhullah Dehghani
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Environment Health Department Health Faculty, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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