Effectiveness of Sensitisation Programme on Prazosin Therapy for Scorpion Envenomation at Primary and Secondary Healthcare Level
Introduction: Scorpion envenomation is a life-threatening paediatric emergency. Prazosin-an alpha-1 blocker is the gold standard therapy for scorpion envenomation. Many children with scorpion envenomation were under-treated at Primary Healthcare (PHC) and Secondary Healthcare (SHC) level becaus...
Main Authors: | B RAMESHBABU, P PUNITHA, E MANOCHITRA, K SASIKALA, J BALAJI |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2022-06-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research |
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Online Access: | https://www.ijnmr.net/articles/PDF/2334/54874_CE[Ra1]_F[SH]_PF1(AG_SHU)_PFA(SHU)_PB(AG_SHU)_PN(SHU).pdf |
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