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Incidence and impact outcome of hyperglycaemia in severe scorpion envenomed children requiring intensive care admission

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  1. Service de Réanimation Médicale, CHU Hôpital Habib Bourguiba, Route el Ain Km 1, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia

    Kamilia Chtara, Mabrouk Bahloul, Olfa Turki, Najeh Baccouche, Kais Regaieg, Chokri Ben Hamida, Hedi Chelly, Anis Chaari & Mounir Bouaziz

  2. Service de Pédiatrie Générale, CHU Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisia

    Imen Chabchoub

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Chtara, K., Bahloul, M., Turki, O. et al. Incidence and impact outcome of hyperglycaemia in severe scorpion envenomed children requiring intensive care admission. Intensive Care Med 41, 1871–1872 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3991-y

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