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REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 351-353Publisher
SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA MEDICINA TROPICAL
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000300022
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scorpions; child; retrospective studies; multivariate analysis
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Medical records relating to 325 children and adolescents who suffered scorpion stings were identified (14.8% were mild cases, 55.4% were moderate cases and 29.8% were severe cases). The variables associated with greater severity were: lack of pain at the sting location, sleepiness reported at hospital admission and a time interval greater than three hours between the accident and hospital attendance.
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