Terapia de resgate com amiodarona em crianças com grave disfunção ventricular esquerda causada por veneno de escorpião

Abstract

Background: Children with scorpion envenomation have massive sympathetic activation and variable degrees of left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Scorpion bite, a sting to the heart!

“…Amiodarone a neuromodulator improves the survival by reduction of serum nor-epinephrine level in four children with scorpion sting who had severe left ventricular dysfunction with raised troponin and serum norepinephrine. [ 7 ]…”