resistance to local anesthetics in patients with a history of scorpion stings: a systematic review

Background: scorpion stings have been reported to induce inadequate block or block failure in local anesthesia. the present study has reviewed the resistance to local anesthetics in patients with a history of scorpion stings.methods: articles from domestic and foreign journals in databases such as sid, iranmedex, magiran, uptodate, google scholar, cochrane, scopus, and web of science from 2010-2024 were searched, and ultimately 13 related high-quality articles based on strobe were included in this review.results: according to the results of the included studies, which have dealt with scorpion sting cases and resistance to local anesthetics, patients with a history of scorpion stings experience significantly prolonged times of onsets for both sensory and motor blocks and the peak of sensory and motor blocks. some of these patients have failed/inadequate sensory and motor block.conclusion: according to the mentioned materials, the prevalence of resistance to local anesthetics is higher in patients with a history of scorpion stings.