The efficacy of intrathecal baclofen in severe tetanus

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1773-1776

  Engrand, Nicolas ^a   Guerot, Emmanuel ^a   Rouamba, Alexis ^b   Vilain, Gérard ^b  

^a Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clostridium tetanii; Intubation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASMOLYSIS; TETANIC SPASM; TETANUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS;

EID: 0032982849     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199906000-00036     Document Type: Article

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