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- Title
The child with severe tetanus.
- Authors
Agbamu, Pamela Onorame; Olatosi, John Olutola
- Abstract
Tetanus is an infectious disease which cannot be totally eradicated because the spores of the infecting organism are ubiquitous. It is however entirely preventable by immunization. It is still a health problem in the low-income countries with high neonatal mortality rates reported. It is also a cause of childhood mortality. In its severe forms, it is a multi-systemic disease affecting the autonomic, respiratory, cardiovascular and renal systems requiring multidisciplinary management in a neonatal or paediatric intensive care unit. The course of the disease may be prolonged, and the late sequelae of the disease may contribute significantly to morbidity in the growing child.
- Subjects
TETANUS treatment; KIDNEY physiology; TETANUS; CARDIOVASCULAR system physiology; SEVERITY of illness index; RESPIRATORY organ physiology; SPASMS; DISEASE complications; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Update in Anaesthesia, 2023, Vol 37, p23
- ISSN
1353-4882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/WFSA-D-20-00006