Akrep Zehirlenmesi Olan Bir Olguda Kalp Tutulumunun Kardiyak Troponin I ile Takibi

The cardiovascular involvement is the majör cause of mortality in the scorpion envenomation. Cardiac enzymes should be measured if patients with scorpion envenoming have symptoms related to cardiovascular system accompanied with local pain. Serum level of troponin I is a highly specific fort he myocardial injury. It may be allow early establishing of the cardiac involvement and starting to treatment. The using of troponin I as a follow-up criterion in the scorpion envenoming with cardiac involvement may be prevent from events that will ocur later. We presented a 7-year-old boy with scorpion envenoming.