Scorpion envenomation and antivenom therapy: Sofer S, Shahak E, Gueron M J pediatr 124:973–978 Jun 1994

✍ Scribed by Walter J. Kaniefski

• Book ID: 104311439
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)83682-0

✦ Synopsis

Medical therapy, as recommended by the committee, involves aspirin or ticlopidine. Aspirin at a dosage of 325 rag/day or ticlopidine at a dosage of 250 mg BID are the grade A recommendations. Anticoagulant therapy is generally not recommended unless patients continue to have symptoms on the antiplatelet therapy but has only a grade A recommendation. The exception is the patient with a major cardiac source of embolism (grade A recommendation). Surgical management received a grade A for patients with >70% stenosis and with one or more ipsilateral TIAs, if a good surgical candidate. [Editor's note: This is an important publication for emergency physicians because they are frequently in a position to initiate these evaluation and management strategies.]