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Authors: Lauren Stern,Vijay Lapsia

Tags: #Medical, #Family & General Practice, #Internal Medicine

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Scorpion bite
Idiopathic/autoimmune?
Presentation
Epigastric abdominal pain that radiates to the back
Nausea
Vomiting
Fever
Grey Turner sign – ecchymosis around flanks (sign of hemorrhagic necrosis)
Cullen sign – ecchymoses around umbilicus (sign of hemorrhagic necrosis)
Grading of Severity
Mild vs severe
Severe pancreatitis
APACHE II score > 8 within 48 hrs of symptom onset
Organ failure (renal, pulmonary, liver)
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