title: [Scorpion envenomation treated at Beni Mellal Provincial Hospital in Morocco].
abstract: The Beni Mellal province has one of the highest incidences of scorpion envenomation in Morocco. The purpose of this retrospective study was to report and analyze data recorded in scorpion envenomation victims admitted to the intensive care department of the Beni Mellal Provincial Hospital. A total of 63 patients were admitted in 2005. Most stings occurred during summer mainly in June and July. Most (60.3%) occurred at night between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Most patients were children younger than 16 years (mean, 10.2 +/- 12.9 years). At the time of admission, general manifestations of envenomation were present in 72.6% of patients and life-threatening symptoms were observed in 27.4%. Therapy consisted of symptomatic treatment and in-hospital mortality was 28.6%. There was not a significant difference in mortality in function of age or severity of manifestations at the time of admission.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique et Biométrie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Maroc. soulaymani@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Charrab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soulaymani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokhtari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soulaymani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012604:Scorpion Venoms; D012605:Scorpions
chemical_list: D012604:Scorpion Venoms