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The predicting severity factors following scorpion envenomation in El Kelâa des Sraghnas – Morocco
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The predicting severity factors following scorpion envenomation in El Kelâa des Sraghnas – Morocco
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Scorpion stings comprise a serious public health problem throughout the globe, especially in regions where they are more frequent. In Morocco, El Kelâa des Sraghnas is one of the provinces most affected by this burden. This retrospective study aimed to trace the epidemiological profile of hospitalized stung patients (class II and III) and to determine the clinical sign related to the death by scorpion envenomation. Our work is an analytical study of scorpion stings based on hospital files of stung patients referred during 2002 to 2006. The objective is to identify the clinical signs associated with death by envenomation scorpions (classe II and III), based on hospital files of the hospital Essalama in El Kalaa des Sraghnas. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 20 and STATISTICA version 9. The descriptive analysis focused on the sociodemographic parameters (age, sex, time after sting), clinical and therapeutical features. 896 pat...
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ICC-0202
Nesma Nekkal, Rachida Soulaymani- Bencheikh, Abdelrhani Mokhtari, Ham..
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IAA.ZONE/en8264en
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