Lesson of the week: Death from tetanus after a pretibial laceration

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7351, 2002, Pages 1442-1443

  Cassell, Oliver C S ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LACERATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TIBIA; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; FATALITY; LEG INJURY;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0037098617     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1442     Document Type: Short Survey

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