A 12-year review of cases of adult tetanus managed at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-173

  Sanya, E O ^a   Taiwo, S S ^a   Olarinoye, J K ^a   Aje, A ^b   Daramola, O O M ^a   Ogunniyi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS;

EID: 35248848890     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507781524601     Document Type: Article

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