Risk‐Stratified Observation After Asymptomatic Paediatric Scorpion Envenomation May Safely Reduce Emergency Department Stay
A risk-stratified approach taking into consideration age, time since envenomation, history of allergies, and symptom severity could safely reduce ED observation time since children with mild scorpion envenomation symptoms had a low risk of developing significant delayed complications.
Authors
- Gidon Test (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0315-912X)
- Michael Shilo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-3980)
- Inbal Kestenbom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-4923)
- Or Kaplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-5084)
- Dennis Scolnik
- Michael Friger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-6607)
- Michal S. Maimon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-6284)
- Natalya Bilenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1694-0833)
- Shaked Bar‐Moshe
- Tal Grupel
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Maccabi Healthcare Services (IL)
- Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Paediatrica
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.70310
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82