Tetanus in Intensive Care Units;Tétanos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Orellana San Martin C ^a   Su, Humberto ^a,b   Bustamante Duran D ^a   Velasquez Pagoaga L ^a  

^a Hospital Escuela   (Honduras)

^b El Benque   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Dysautonomia; Immunisation; Incubation period; Intensive Care Unit; Tetanus; Trismus

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PNEUMONIA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TRISMUS; WOUND; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETANUS;

EID: 0038327773     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3604.2002310     Document Type: Article

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