STUDY TO DETERMINE THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL PICTURE OF NEONATAL TETANUS

Dr Safia Akhtar, Dr Tayyaba Sohail, Dr Muhammad Ali

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December 2020

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Purpose: To determine the demographic characteristics, clinical profile and outcomes of neonatal tetanus. Study design: A case series. Place and duration: In the Pediatric Unit-II of Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi for one-year duration from April 2019 to April 2020. Material and methods: The study included records of patients with a clinical diagnosis of neonatal tetanus meeting the standard case definition. Data from the patient files were recorded on the proforma. Data were analyzed using an appropriate statistical test. A p value of <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Data from 394 patients were analyzed. The mean age and body weight at the time of reporting were 8.99 ± 4.54 days and 2.77 ± 1.27 kg, respectively. There were ...

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