Artificial ventilation in pediatric tetanus: mortality and complication
- Author:
Nga Ngoc Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tetanus
- MeSH:
Tetanus;
Pediatrics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):12-16
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
74 patients with severe tetanus who have indication of artificial ventilation were evaluated. These patients were 15 years old or less at baseline. Participants were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (40 patients) had received artificial ventilation, and group 2 (34 patients) had not received artificial ventilation due to the ventilators were not available. The mortality of groups 1 was 60% (16/40) and that of group 2 was 94.12% (32/34). Ventilators are very helpful in the management of severe tetanus but their complications caused many problems
