Tetanus experience in a public hospital in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1325-1328

  Lubbad, Eman H ^a   Khazindar, Adil M ^b   Ayyub, Muhammad ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SAUDI ARABIA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN;

EID: 0348227770     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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