@article{ref1,
title="Indian red scorpion envenoming",
journal="Indian journal of pediatrics",
year="1998",
author="Bawaskar, H. S. and Bawaskar, P. H.",
volume="65",
number="3",
pages="383-391",
abstract="The clinical course and treatment outcome of scorpion envenoming in 293 children was studied in a hospital at Mahad in Raigad district of Maharastra. 111 (38%) children who reported 1-10 hours (mean 3.5 hours) after sting had hypertension, 87 (29.6%) with tachycardia reported within 1-24 hours (mean 6.7 hours) of being envenomed and 72 (24.5%) children developed acute pulmonary edema after 6-24 hours (mean 8 hours) of sting. Six victims were brought dead, while 17 (6%) died later owing to multiorgan failure with loss of consciousness and convulsions (who reported after 24 hours of sting). Early administration of prazosin (125-250 ug orally) improved the clinical symptoms. Morbidity and mortality due to scorpion envenoming depends upon time lapse between sting and administration of post synaptic alpha-1 blocker, prazosin hydrochloride.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-5456",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}