INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation through a new interface helmet in the treatment of cardiogenic pulmonary oedema due to scorpion sting envenomation in children. CLINICAL PICTURE Three patients presented with fever, and respiratory distress following scorpion sting. Their cardiac enzymes were abnormal. Electrocardi...

Around the world and especially in summer, the scorpion envenomation is a real public health problem. In Morocco, its gravity is due to the diversity of genera of the Buthidae family whose their venom is potentially lethal, mainly the genus Androctonus, Buthus and Hottentota. The areas most affected by this problematic are the central and southern of Morocco. The lethality of scorpion's venom p...

Scorpion envenomation is a real public health problem in many parts of the world, especially in North Africa, Central America, South America, the Middle East and India[1] [2] [3] [4], with over 1.2 million cases of scorpion stings and 3250 deaths each year worldwide[5]. Among the 1500 species described, venoms of at least 25 species are of medical importance for humans and the majority of those...

Hemiscorpius lepturus (H. lepturus), found in south-western areas of Iran and south of Iraq, is considered to be the most dangerous scorpion in the region, and poses a significant risk to the health of the indigenous population due to the unique, clinical manifestations associated with its sting.. In the present study, 36 patients from the Khuzestan province in the southwest of Iran, displaying...

The occurrence of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) following a scorpion sting has been very rarely reported in the previous literature. Possible pathogenetic mechanisms include severe hypotension due to hypovolaemic shock and coronary spasm with subsequent thrombosis of coronary vessels developed after the release of vasoactive, inflammatory and thrombogenic substances contained in the scorp...

background: scorpion sting envenomation generally causes treatable local and systemic effects; however, in rare cases, the victims might experience sequels in end organs such as central nervous system. in the present paper, a case of relatively self-limiting demyelinating polyneuropathy following a butidae sting is presented and the possible mechanisms are discussed.  case presentation: a 19-ye...

Scorpion envenomations represent an actual public health problem in Algeria, at various levels, in three-fourths of the country provinces. A total of 903, 461 scorpion sting cases and 1996 induced deaths were reported in the country between 1991 and 2012. As the scorpion envenomation surveillance is based on passive system, the present study aims to analyse and to interpret the reported scorpio...