Pre-post effects of a tetanus care protocol implementation in a sub-Saharan African intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tetanus is a vaccine-preventable, neglected disease that is life threatening if acquired and occurs most frequently in regions where vaccination coverage is incomplete. Challenges in vaccination coverage contribute to the occurrence of non-neonatal tetanus in sub-Saharan countries, with high case fatality rates. The current WHO recommendations for the management of tetanus include close patient monitoring, administration of immune globulin, sedation, analgesia, wound hygiene and airway support [1]. In response to these recommendations, our tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania implemented a standardized clinical protocol for care of patients with tetanus in 2006 and a subsequent modification in 2012. In this study we aimed to assess the impact of the protocol on clinica

SUBMITTER: Aziz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116918 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature