Scorpion Sting Severity and Antivenom in Brazil (Tityus)
Classes a Tityus scorpion sting in Brazil and gives the vials.
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Example
- Local pain or tingling
- Yes
- Intense local pain with nausea
- Yes
- Incessant vomiting
- No
Result: Moderate scorpion sting: 2 to 3 vials of SAEsc (or SAAr).
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What you enter
- Local pain or tingling
- Intense local pain with nausea, vomiting, sweating, drooling, agitation, fast breathing or fast pulse
- Incessant vomiting, profuse sweating or drooling, prostration, seizures, coma, slow pulse, heart failure, pulmonary edema or shock
How this is calculated
Citation
Brasil, Ministério da Saúde. Guia de Vigilância em Saúde. 6th ed. revised, vol. 3. Brasília; 2024. Escorpionismo: treatment (p. 1132) and Quadro 3 (p. 1133). Read the source ↗
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