title: Indian red scorpion envenoming.
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.
authors.affiliation: Bawaskar Hospital and Research Centre, Mahad Raigad, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bawaskar
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Bawaskar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D011224:Prazosin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D012605:Scorpions; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D011224:Prazosin