الخصائص السريرية والتدابير العلاجية للأطفال المراجعين لإسعاف الأطفال في مستشفى اللاذقية الجامعي المصابين بلدغة عقرب

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the clinical manifestations, severity grades of envenomation, and the effectiveness of scorpion antivenom and other therapeutic interventions.

The study was conducted on children who presented to the Pediatric Emergency Department at Al-Lattakia University Hospital with a history of scorpion sting, totaling 105 patients.

A descriptive-analytical methodology was employed to analyze the study variables using IBM SPSS Statistics (Version 25).

The results showed that local pain was the most common local symptom, whereas vomiting was the most frequent systemic manifestation. The severity of envenomation was classified into three grades:

Grade I accounted for 74.2% of cases, followed by Grade II (20%) and Grade III (5.7%).

Scorpion antivenom combined with an alpha-blocker was administered in 25.7% of cases belonging to Grades II and III.