Decrease in Temperature as a Pagtonomic Sign by Scorpion Sting
- Conditions
- Scorpion Stings
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Vital signs
- Registration Number
- NCT03622125
- Lead Sponsor
- Mexican Red Cross
- Brief Summary
The scorpion sting is a medical disease, for the signs and symptoms presented; Sometimes patients do not know the animal that causes these symptoms; the bibliography marks the decrease in temperature as a sign to be presented.
- Detailed Description
The scorpion sting is a medical emergency where 184 patients from the state of Guanajuato were divided into 2 groups according to the type of antivenom administered, the dose of antivenom were at the discretion of the attending physician, Birmex (n = 117) and Alacramyn (n = 67) for the temperature record of the site of sting and other vital signs, this to compare it with the bibliography as a pathognomonic sign.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 184
- Scorpion sting
- All sex
- 3 - 90 ages
- Application of ice at the sting site
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 2 Vital signs Patients who apply anti-scorpion venom serum Alacramyn at the discretion of the attending physician were given vital signs. 1 Vital signs Patients who apply anti-scorpion venom serum Birmex at the discretion of the attending physician were given vital signs.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Temperature change 0, 30 and 120 minutes Temperature at the sting site, contralateral site and axillary in degrees celcius
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Respiratory rate 0, 30 and 120 minutes Breaths per minute
Heart rate 0, 30 and 120 minutes Beats per minute
Blood preasure 0, 30 and 120 minutes Systolic and diastolic in mmHg
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Cruz Roja Mexicana, Delegación León
🇲🇽León, Guanajuato, Mexico