Likes K, Banner W, Chavez M
West J Med. 1984 Nov;141(5):634-7.
A retrospective survey of 1,135 telephone calls during 1980 and 1981, reporting scorpion envenomation to the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, was reviewed. Of these, 438 calls identified Centruroides exilicauda as the offending scorpion on the basis of description of the arthropod and consistency of physical findings and clinical course. Envenomation by C exilicauda occurred primarily in adults during the summer and early fall months of the year. Although most patients (92%) were treated at home with conservative therapy, 8% of patients either came to or were referred to a medical facility. Children younger than 5 years were frequently brought or were referred to either emergency care or inpatient hospital care. We conclude on the basis of this series that despite the historical reputation of lethality associated with envenomation by C exilicauda, most envenomations by this scorpion are relatively minor. The other important observation was that children younger than 5 years appear to be particularly prone to severe toxicity.
回顾性调查了1980年至1981年间向亚利桑那州毒物与药物信息中心报告的1135例蝎子蜇伤的电话记录。其中，438例根据节肢动物的描述、体格检查结果和临床病程的一致性，确定致伤蝎子为墨西哥雕像木蝎。墨西哥雕像木蝎蜇伤主要发生在一年中的夏季和初秋的成年人中。尽管大多数患者（92%）在家接受保守治疗，但8%的患者前往或被转诊至医疗机构。5岁以下儿童经常被送往或被转诊至急诊或住院治疗。基于本系列研究，我们得出结论，尽管墨西哥雕像木蝎蜇伤在历史上有致死的名声，但这种蝎子的大多数蜇伤相对较轻。另一个重要的观察结果是，5岁以下儿童似乎特别容易出现严重中毒。
