A ten year retrospective study on adult Tetanus at the epidemic disease (ED) hospital, Mysore in Southern India: A review of 512 cases

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1377-1380

  Marulappa, Vamadeva Giriyapura ^a   Manjunath, Renuka ^b   Mahesh, Nakul ^b   Maligegowda, Laxman ^a  

^a Government of Karnataka   (India)

^b JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Tetanus; Tetanus mortality in India; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; METHOCARBAMOL; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK STIFFNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH ULCER; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETANUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRISMUS; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84867543577     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4137.2363     Document Type: Article

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