Autonomic nervous system dysfunction predicts poor prognosis in patients with mild to moderate tetanus

BMC Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Khealani, Bhojo A ^a   Talati, Naasha ^b   Shamsi, Rohmah ^b   Syed, Nadir A ^a   Salahuddin, Naseem ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TETANUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344463433     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-5-2     Document Type: Article

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