Toxicology
Scorpion Sting Severity
Three-class clinical grading of scorpion envenomation per the 2011 international consensus: local-only, systemic without life-threatening features, and cardiorespiratory failure. Drives observation duration and antivenom/prazosin decisions.
Source
Khattabi A, Soulaymani-Bencheikh R, Achour S, Salmi LR, on behalf of the Scorpion Consensus Expert Group. Classification of clinical consequences of scorpion stings: consensus development. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011.