Case-fatality of adult Tetanus at Jimma University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Amare, Amanuel ^a   Yami, A ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Case fatality; Complication; Tetanus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSAUTONOMIA; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953756334     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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