TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The epidemiological situation of scorpion stings in the Beni Mellal province
JO  - Sante Publique
A1  - Charrab, Nezha
A1  - Soulaymani, Rachida
A1  - Mokhtari, Abdelrhani
A1  - Semlali, Ilham
A1  - El Oufir, Rhizlane
A1  - Soulaymani, Abdelmajid
SP  - 393
EP  - 401
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - The objective of this work is to analyse and interpret data from patients bitten by scorpions in a province of Morocco in order to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by scorpion venom. A study was conducted of 901 cases of poisoning among 6959 cases of scorpion stings recorded between January 2002 and December 2006 from bites recorded in Beni Mellal. The results show that poisoning strongly coincides with the summer period, especially in July and August. All age groups are affected by this disease with an average age of 17.28 +/- 17.91 years. For the time post injection, 35.2% were able to check in under an hour. On the other hand, 70.9% reach a health facility with symptoms (class II) and 29.1% with signs of distress (Class III). Finally, the evolution of patients is mostly positive in 94.7% of cases, and the case fatality rate from scorpion sting poisoning is 3.88%.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0995-3914
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -