Echocardiography Guided Therapy for Myocarditis after Scorpion Sting Envenomation
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
NT-proBNP in Myocarditis after a Scorpion Sting Envenomation.
OBJECTIVE This study was to evaluate the levels of NT-proBNP in patients with myocarditis which occurred after a scorpion sting envenomation. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 30 patients with scorpion sting envenomation and 21 patients with heart failure which was caused by cardiomyopathy, were prospectively studied. The data included the patient demographics, clinical features, echocardiograp...
متن کاملMyocardial dysfunction in children with scorpion sting envenomation.
Scorpion sting envenomation with systemic manifestations is a life threatening emergency and poses a significant health problem in children. Mesobuthus tumulus or Indian red scorpion, the most toxic species in India, is abundantly found in coastal areas and para-Gangetic regions. In envenomed children, serum venom concentration peaks at about 2 hours, and its level is directly related to clinic...
متن کاملAcute Toxic Myocarditis and Pulmonary Oedema Developing from Scorpion Sting
e majority of scorpion stings are generally seen with a set of simple clinical ndings, such as pain, oedema, numbness, and tenderness in the area of the sting. However, occasionally events, such as toxic myocarditis, acute heart failure, acute pulmonary oedema, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which occur in scorpion sting cases are a signi cant problem which determine mortality ...
متن کاملAcute myocarditis and pulmonary edema due to scorpion sting
Objective: To present a case of a serious manifestation of scorpion sting, which was not reported before in Qatar, review the literature, and compare with previously reported similar cases. Case presentation and intervention: A young male patient was admitted to CCU with a clinical picture of acute toxic myocarditis and cardiogenic shock with abnormal ECG and elevated cardiac markers after a sc...
متن کاملAcute renal insufficiency after scorpion sting.
She was admitted to hospital on the second day with localized pain, oedema, abdominal pain and anuria. Chest pain and neurological symptoms were absent. She was febrile and blood pressure was 180/100mmHg. The total white cell count was 23x103μl with neutrophil leukocytosis, platelet count 88x103/μl, C reactive protein 232mg/dl (normal <0.6mg/dl) and serum creatinine 468 μmol/l, and blood pictur...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2249-782X
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6791.3693