A 10-year review of outcome of management of tetanus in adults at a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 168-172

  Chukwubike, Onwuchekwa Arthur ^a   God'Spower, Asekomeh Eshiofe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Outcome; Tertiary hospital; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LARYNX SPASM; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NIGERIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEDATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749264597     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.57239     Document Type: Review

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