Escorpionismo em crianças e adolescentes: aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos de pacientes hospitalizados Scorpion poisoning among children and adolescents: clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized patients

Foram identificados 325 prontuários de crianças e adolescentes vítimas de picadas de escorpião (14,8% de casos leves, 55,4% de casos moderados e 29,8% de casos graves). As variáveis associadas com maior gravidade foram: ausência de dor no local da picada, relato de sonolência à admissão e intervalo maior que três horas entre o acidente e o atendimento hospitalar.Medical records relating to 325 children and adolescents who suffered scorpion stings were identified (14.8% were mild cases, 55.4% were moderate cases and 29.8% were severe cases). The variables associated with greater severity were: lack of pain at the sting location, sleepiness reported at hospital admission and a time interval greater than three hours between the accident and hospital attendance