Clinical features and prognosis of severe scorpion envenomation in children.
Houssam RebahiSaadia Ba-M'hamedMegan Elizabeth StillYoussef MouaffakSaid YounousMohamed BennisPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)
Children are at high risk of developing serious complications, even death, from severe scorpion envenomation. Here we identified multiple factors that appear to increase the mortality risk in children after scorpion envenomation, including previously described central nervous system alterations.
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