Evidence of Direct Toxicological Effects of Scorpion Venom on Central Nervous System in Tunisian Children

Table 1

Clinical parameters recorded on ICU admission.

Parameters	Results
Age (Years)	16 months
Sex	Male
Severity	Grade III (with cardiogenic shock and pulmonary edema) and severe neurological manifestations
Respiratory rate (breaths/min)	28/min
Heart rate	180/min
Glasgow coma scale score	5/15
Shock	Yes
Use of mechanical ventilation	Yes
pH	6.95
Bicarbonate level (mmol/l)	6
PaO2/FiO2 ratio	70
Echocardiography result	low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), at 20%
Scorpion antivenom (GAMMA-SCORP®: bivalent scorpion antivenom, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia)	Yes (1ml/kg)