Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jun 2007)

Escorpionismo em crianças e adolescentes: aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos de pacientes hospitalizados Scorpion poisoning among children and adolescents: clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized patients

  • Fátima Maria Barbosa Horta,
  • Antônio Prates Caldeira,
  • Janer Aparecida S. Sares

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000300022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 3
pp. 351 – 353

Abstract

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Foram identificados 325 prontuários de crianças e adolescentes vítimas de picadas de escorpião (14,8% de casos leves, 55,4% de casos moderados e 29,8% de casos graves). As variáveis associadas com maior gravidade foram: ausência de dor no local da picada, relato de sonolência à admissão e intervalo maior que três horas entre o acidente e o atendimento hospitalar.Medical records relating to 325 children and adolescents who suffered scorpion stings were identified (14.8% were mild cases, 55.4% were moderate cases and 29.8% were severe cases). The variables associated with greater severity were: lack of pain at the sting location, sleepiness reported at hospital admission and a time interval greater than three hours between the accident and hospital attendance.

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