Maternal death due to severe pulmonary edema caused by scorpion sting: a case report
Sudan Medical Monitor. 2007; 2 (1): 37-38
in English
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| ID: emr-85336
ABSTRACT
A 29 years old women parar 3 in her 32 weeks gestational age died a few hours after she had been stung by a scorpion. She presented with pulmonary oedema that probably associated with the sympathetic storm induced by scorpion envenomation. This might have contributed to respiratory failure and death
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Spider Bites
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Pregnancy Complications
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Pulmonary Edema
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Bites and Stings
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Pregnancy
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Maternal Mortality
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Sudan Med. Monit.
Year:
2007
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