Tetanus in adults: Clinical presentation, treatment and predictors of mortality in a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 62-65

  Amare, Amanuel ^a   Melkamu, Yilma ^b   Mekonnen, Desalew ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Case fatality; Complication; Risk factor; Tetanus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIMETIDINE; CLOXACILLIN; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PROPRANOLOL; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSAUTONOMIA; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860294440     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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