Tetanus in adults - A continuing problem: An analysis of 217 patients over 3 years from Delhi, India, with special emphasis on predictors of mortality

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Anuradha, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adults; Prognostic indicators; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TETANUS;

EID: 33646343966     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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