The pattern and outcome of adult tetanus at a sub-urban tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-70

  Fawibe, A E ^a  

^a Faculty of Clinical Sciences   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult; Case fatality rate; Nigeria; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NIGERIA; OPISTHOTONUS; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149083559     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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