Vasodilators and hypertensive encephalopathy following scorpion envenomation in children
| Autor: | Mosche Gueron, Shaul Sofer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Hypertensive encephalopathy Nifedipine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Scorpions Pharmacotherapy medicine Animals Humans Envenomation Child Pediatric intensive care unit Brain Diseases Scorpion Stings business.industry Infant Hydralazine medicine.disease Sting Anesthesia Child Preschool Acute Disease Hypertension Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Complication medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 97(1) |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| Popis: | Twenty-three children were admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit for scorpion envenomation with severe hypertension. The hypertension responded to analgesics and sedatives in 15 (65 percent) of the 23. The remaining eight children required specific antihypertensive therapy, and their condition promptly responded to intravenous hydralazine and sublingual nifedipine; rebound hypertension was observed in one. Hypertension is a frequent complication of a scorpion's sting in children, and specific antihypertensive therapy is indicated in severe cases. Hydralazine and nifedipine are effective and safe in such instances. (Chest 1990; 97:118-20) |
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