Tetanus – still a scourge in the 21st century: A paediatric hospital-based study in India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-159

  Mishra, Kirtisudha ^a   Basu, Srikanta ^a   Kumar, Dipti ^a   Dutta, Ashok Kumar ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Rath, Bimbadhar ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTUBATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MUSCLE SPASM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HYPOTENSION; PARALYTIC ILEUS; SEPTICEMIA; TRISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PENICILLINS; PRENATAL CARE; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

EID: 84864041055     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2012.110445     Document Type: Article

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