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Acute Myocardits Due to Scorpion Sting in a 9-Year-Old Girl

Authors :
Mohammad Reza Khalilian
Seyyed Abdolhossein Tavallai Zavareh
Ali Reza Norouzi
Mohammad Ghazavi
Ali Ahmad Goudarzi
Source :
Case Reports in Clinical Practice, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2021.

Abstract

A 9-year-old girl with signs and symptoms of acute toxic myocarditis and cardiogenic shock with elevated cardiac enzymes was admitted to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) of our hospital with an ejection fraction of 25%. The patient was managed with supportive care and the administration of polyvalent antivenom and inotropes, and after 8 days, she was discharged without any complication with normal ejection fraction. Toxic myocarditis can be a result of scorpion envenomation. After two months of follow-up, the patient recovered completely and medications were discontinued.

Subjects

Subjects :
Myocardits
Stng
Scorpion
Medicine

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
25382683 and 25382691
Volume :
6
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b51aa09d6db469c80197df038bbaf75
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v6i3.7123