Tetanus: Presentation and outcome in adults

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 760-765

  Nadeem Javeed, Younas ^a   Abro, Ali Hassan ^a   Das, Kirpal ^b   Abdou, Ahmed Mahamed Saleh ^a   Ustadi, Abdulla Mohamood ^a   Afzal, Shahid ^a  

^a RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adults; Features; Outcome; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BACKACHE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUBAI; DYSPHAGIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; SYMPTOM; TETANUS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WORK; WOUND CARE;

EID: 70350610446     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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