NCT03622125

Decrease in Temperature as a Pagtonomic Sign by Scorpion Sting

Decrease in Temperature by Scorpion Sting: a Pagtonomic Sign

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 184 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mexican Red Cross · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Scorpion Stings

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Vital signs	Axillary temperature sampling, at the site of the scorpion sting and the contralateral site with infrared thermometer, and heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure on admission, 30 minutes after applying the vial and the medical discharge

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-20
• Primary completion: 2017-06-15
• Completion: 2017-07-30
• First posted: 2018-08-09
• Last updated: 2019-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico