abstract objective: scorpion is one of the world’s most venomous arthropods and every year many people are bitten by it. in iran, scorpion sting is a common health issue. the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical status of patients with scorpion sting in the emergency department of sina hospital in 2014. methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, all patien...

Objective: Scorpion is one of the world’s most venomous arthropods and every year many people are bitten by it. In Iran, scorpion sting is a common health issue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical status of patients with scorpion sting in the emergency department of Sina hospital in 2014. Methods: In this descriptive ...

Scorpions are one of the most ancient groups of terrestrial animals. They have maintained a steady morphology over more than 400 million years of evolution. Their venom arsenals for capturing prey and defending against predators may play a critical role in their ancient and conservative appearance. In the current review, we present the scorpion fauna of China: 53 species covering five families ...

background: scorpion sting is a common medical emergency in iran. the epidemiological features and control of such cases vary from south to north. this review will provide new information about the epidemiology of scorpion stings in different provinces of iran. methods: in this descriptive retrospective study, data on scorpionism including incidence rates, mortality as well as locality from 200...

A commercial medium often assumed to exist solely for a juvenile and "lowbrow" audience, comic books have been largely ignored by academic scholarship. There are some exceptions within the fields of American studies-for instance, the work of Thomas Inge-popular culture studies, where writers gather in a Comic Arts subdivision of the Popular Culture Association, and cultural studies, with work b...

scorpion bite is a common health problem in many parts of the world, including the iran’s tropics. there are thousands of cases and a number of deaths due to scorpion bite every year in the country. the present study aims to provide further data regarding the details, complications and outcomes of scorpion bite cases referring to razi hospital, ahwaz, from march 2011 to april 2012. a total of 2...

Scorpion envenomations represent an actual public health problem in Algeria, at various levels, in three-fourths of the country provinces. A total of 903, 461 scorpion sting cases and 1996 induced deaths were reported in the country between 1991 and 2012. As the scorpion envenomation surveillance is based on passive system, the present study aims to analyse and to interpret the reported scorpio...

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