Table 4.

Articles that met the inclusion criteria

Year of publication	Duration of the study analysis	Origin of data	Journal	Title of article
2003	1993-1997	Saudi Arabia	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases	Epidemiological study of scorpion stings in Saudi Arabia between 1993 and 1997 (7)
2013	Not specified	Saudi Arabia	Egyptian Journal of Natural History	A review of the scorpion fauna of Saudi Arabia (12)
2009	2007-2008	Saudi Arabia	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases	New additions to the scorpion fauna of Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia (13)
2007	1999-2003	Saudi Arabia	Toxicon (official journal of the International Society on Toxinology)	Scorpion stings in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: a 5-year surveillance report (14)
2008	2005-2006	Saudi Arabia	Annals of Saudi Medicine	Epidemiological aspects of scorpion stings in Al-Jouf province, Saudi Arabia (15)
2012	2006-2008	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Medical Journal	Clinical aspects and frequency of scorpion stings in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia (16)
2004	1986-2000	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Medical Journal	Scorpion sting syndrome in a general hospital in Saudi Arabia (17)
2008	Not specified	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Medical Journal	Role of prazosin on cardiovascular manifestations and pulmonary edema following severe scorpion stings in Saudi Arabia (20)
1993	1990-1991	Saudi Arabia	Annals of Emergency Medicine	Scorpion envenomation in eastern Saudi Arabia (25)
1990	1983-1986	Saudi Arabia	Toxicon (official journal of the International Society on Toxinology)	Do changes in body temperature following envenomation by the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus influence the course of toxicity? (26)
1991	1988-1989	Saudi Arabia	Annals of Saudi Medicine	Hematological and biochemical findings in scorpion stung children (28)