Prognostic factors affecting deaths from adult tetanus

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dc.authorid0000-0002-8335-1927en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaltoğlu, Neşe
dc.contributor.authorTaşova, Yeşim
dc.contributor.authorMidikli, Dürdane
dc.contributor.authorBurgut, Hüseyin Refik
dc.contributor.authorDündar, İsmail Hakkı
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:03:02Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:03:02Z
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.departmentFakülteler, Tıp Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine prognostic factors related to death from adult tetanus. Fifty-three cases of tetanus, 25 females and 28 males, were treated in (Çukurova University Hospital during 1994-2000. The mean age was 46.6 years. Forty-one (77.7%) patients came from rural areas. Most (64.1%) cases had minor trauma, but 19 (35.8%) had deep injuries. The mean incubation period was 11.5 days. Mortality was high (52.8%), caused by cardiac or respiratory failure or complications, and was related to the length of the incubation period. In cases with an incubation period ?7 days, the mortality rate was 75% (p 0.07). Mortality was significantly associated with generalised tetanus (p < 0.05), fever of ? 40 °C, tachycardia of >120 beats/min (p < 0.05), post-operative tetanus (p 0.03), and the absence of post-traumatic tetanus vaccination (p 0.068). Patients who were given tetanus human immunoglobulin or tetanus antiserum (p > 0.05) had similar outcomes. Patients who were given penicillin had a mortality rate similar to patients who were given metronidazole (p 0.15). The mortality rate was higher (92%) in patients with severe tetanus than in patients with moderate disease (53%). By multivariate analysis, the time to mortality caused by tetanus, and also the mortality rate, were both related significantly to age and tachycardia.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSaltoğlu, N., Taşova, Y., Midikli, D., Burgut, H. R. ve Dündar, İ. H. (2004). Prognostic factors affecting deaths from adult tetanus. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 10(3), s. 229-233.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage233en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage229en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X14631049?via%3Dihub#!
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/3620
dc.identifier.volume10en_US
dc.institutionauthorBurgut, Hüseyin Refik
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofClinical Microbiology and Infectionen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1111/j.1198-743X.2004.00767.xen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryUluslararası Hakemli Dergide Makale - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY00535
dc.subjectAdult tetanusen_US
dc.subjectPrognostic factorsen_US
dc.subjectTetanusen_US
dc.titlePrognostic factors affecting deaths from adult tetanusen_US
dc.typeArticle
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