Indian Red Scorpion Sting Grade (Mesobuthus tamulus)
Grades an Indian red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) sting from 1 to 4.
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Example
- Severe local pain, mild local swelling and sweating
- Yes
- Autonomic storm
- Yes
- Pulmonary edema (breathing over 24, crackles) with cold extremities
- No
- Fast heart rate and low blood pressure with warm extremities
- No
Result: Grade 2: autonomic storm.
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What you enter
- Severe local pain, mild local swelling and sweating
- Autonomic storm (vomiting, generalized sweating, drooling, slow or fast pulse, high or low BP, priapism)
- Pulmonary edema (breathing over 24, crackles) with cold extremities
- Fast heart rate and low blood pressure with warm extremities
How this is calculated
Citation
Bawaskar HS, Bawaskar PH. Efficacy and safety of scorpion antivenom plus prazosin compared with prazosin alone for venomous scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) sting. BMJ. 2011;342:c7136. Read the source ↗
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