Citation

el-Amin EO, Sultan OM, al-Magamci MS, Elidrissy A. Ann. Trop. Paediatr. 1994; 14(1): 21-24.

Affiliation

Maternity and Children's Hospital, Madina Munawara, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Maney Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7516129

Abstract

A total of 780 children with scorpion stings were admitted to a referral hospital in Saudi Arabia over a 7-year period. A similar number was managed in the outpatient department. The mortality was 4.8% initially, but no death occurred in the last 2 years of the study period. The reduction in mortality is attributed to the use of antivenom and improvement in case management.

Language: en