Risk factors caused by scorpion stings and envenomations in the province of Kelâa Des Sraghna (Morocco)
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
; 14(4): 628-640, 2008. ilus, tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS, VETINDEX
| ID: lil-500133
Biblioteca responsável:
BR68.1
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to elucidate the risk factors involved in deaths caused by scorpion envenomation. A retrospective study was carried out in the province of Kelâa des Sraghna from 2003 to 2004. The hospital charts of scorpion envenomation cases treated in the Essalama Hospital in Kelâa des Sraghna were exhaustively analyzed. Our study contains 31 cases of death among 470 hospitalization cases. Most stings had occurred during the hot period peaking in July and August (54.6%). Moreover, the scorpion stings occurred at night in 60.1% of the cases, between 600 pm and 600 am. In addition, all age groups were affected by envenomation, with a higher frequency in children aged less than 15 years (68.3%). The envenomation rate (class II + class III) was 70.9%. The statistical analysis of the data shows that being less than 15 years old, having been stung during the night and belonging to class III are risk factors that aggravate vital prognosis of hospitalized patients. Furthermore, clinical severity factors, elicited by relative risk analysis, are cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological vital distresses, with relative risks of 14.84, 11.92 and 48.33, respectively. The results of our study clearly displayed the severity and extent of the scorpion envenomation problem. Thus, great attention must be paid to this region of Morocco by the national health authorities.(AU)
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Base de dados:
LILACS
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VETINDEX
Assunto principal:
Epidemiologia
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Fatores de Risco
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Picadas de Escorpião
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Ibn Tofail University/MA
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Madinat Al Irfane/MA