Successful management of neonatal tetanus with autonomic manifestations at a referral hospital in Nigeria: a case report [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Neonatal tetanus remains a significant cause of preventable neonatal death in developing countries like Nigeria. With case fatality rates approaching 100% in resource-poor settings, improved antenatal tetanus vaccination and clean delivery ...
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Rare Survival of a 9-Year-Old Boy Managed for Post-Neonatal Tetanus Without Intensive Care at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: A Case Report [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports JournalAmos Odiit,1 Fridah Akello,1 Tadeo Lujuna,2 Joseph Katende Mukiibi,2 Charles E Engoru,1 Moses Ochora1 1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Health Sciences, Soroti University, Soroti, Uganda; 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health ...
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Neonatal Tetanus Case Series: A Tale of Survival and Tragedy at St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
Pediatric Health, Medicine and TherapeuticsTigist Bacha,1 Mahlet Abayneh,2 Dawit Bekele Tefera3 1Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Division of Neonatology Department of ...
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Long-term outcome in survivors of neonatal tetanus following specialist intensive care in Vietnam [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Neonatal tetanus continues to occur in many resource-limited settings but there are few data regarding long-term neurological outcome from the disease, especially in settings with critical care facilities. Methods We assessed long-term outcome
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Determinants of births protected against neonatal tetanus in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis using EDHS 2016 data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundEven though there is low coverage of maternal health services such as antenatal care and skilled birth attendant delivery as well as poor sanitary practice during delivery in Ethiopia, the proportion of births protected by the tetanus vaccine ...
Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale +1 more
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Non-accidental broom sticks injury as a cause of post-neonatal tetanus [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 Introduction: non accidental injury sustained following deliberate self-harm or inflicted by parents or caregivers for disciplinary, traditional and therapeutic measures have grave consequences including exposing the incompletely child to post neonatal ...
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Prognostic factors in neonatal tetanus [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1998 objective Neonatal tetanus (NNT) is the leading cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine prognostic indicators in NNT.methods We reviewed the clinical records of all neonates (n= 174) admitted to Ife State Hospital with the diagnosis of NNT from 1991 through 1995.results ...
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Predictors of Neonatal Tetanus Mortality in Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria [PDF]
Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2017 Background: The mortality rate of neonatal tetanus (NNT) remains high in Nigeria. The study was guided by Mosley and Chen’s model for the elements of child survival in developing countries.
Shafique Sani Nass +3 more
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Neonatal tetanus--report of a case
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Neonatal tetanus is a severe, often fatal disease caused by the toxin Clostridium tetani. Neonatal tetanus is a generalized tetanus, which occurs in a neonate between 3-28 days of life.
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Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Although preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well characterized.
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