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Ultrasound-guided sciatic popliteal block performed at the Emergency Department in a patient with a scorpion bite and severe pain
G Miguel Ruano 1 , F Leal Quiñones 2 , C Arribas Sánchez 3 , J M Álvarez Avello 2
Abstract
We report the case of a paediatric patient who presented at the Emergency Department with severe pain in the right lower extremity caused by a scorpion sting.
Analgesics were ineffective, so we decided to perform an ultrasound-guided popliteal block, which provided complete analgesia and allowed the patient to be followed up in the outpatient department, with no adverse effects. The sting of the species of scorpion found in Spain is not dangerous to human life; however, it causes self-limiting localised pain that lasts for 24-48h, and can be severe.
The first-line treatment is effective analgesia. Regional anaesthesia techniques are useful in the control of acute pain, and are an example of effective collaboration between the Anaesthesiology and Emergency services.
CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed). 2023 Jun-Jul;70(6):358-361. doi: 10.1016/j.redare.2022.06.007. Epub 2023 Jun 3
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