Magnesium sulphate for treatment of severe tetanus: a randomised controlled trial.
BACKGROUND: The most common cause of death in individuals with severe tetanus in the absence of mechanical ventilation is spasm-related respiratory failure, whereas in ventilated patients it is tetanus-associated autonomic dysfunction. Our aim was to determine whether continuous magnesium sulphate i...
Main Authors: | Thwaites, C, Yen, L, Loan, H, Thuy, T, Thwaites, G, Stepniewska, K, Soni, N, White, N, Farrar, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Jezik: | English |
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2006
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