A Case of Acute Pulmonary Œdema in an Adult, as the Result of a Scorpion Sting
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Acute Toxic Myocarditis and Pulmonary Oedema Developing from Scorpion Sting
e majority of scorpion stings are generally seen with a set of simple clinical ndings, such as pain, oedema, numbness, and tenderness in the area of the sting. However, occasionally events, such as toxic myocarditis, acute heart failure, acute pulmonary oedema, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which occur in scorpion sting cases are a signi cant problem which determine mortality ...
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