title: [Course and management of tetanus].
abstract: Within a span of 18 months 4 patients (2 men, 2 women) were admitted with generalized tetanus to our neurological intensive care unit. The "period of onset" ranged from 2 to 14 days. All patients needed artificial ventilation over 17 to 38 days. The clinical course was complicated by gram-negative pneumonia in 3 of the 4 patients. Time of hospitalization ranged between 35 and 60 days. One patient had never been immunized against tetanus. The other 3 had not received a booster dose for over 10 years. All 4 patients survived, 3 of them without sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe für Intensiv- und Infektionsneurologie, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfausler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kampfl
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Haring
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luef
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmutzhard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013742:Tetanus / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D013745:Tetanus Toxoid
vernacular_title: Verlauf und Management des Tetanus.