Aggressive intensive care treatment of very elderly patients with tetanus is justified.
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_1A22D72DDD77
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Aggressive intensive care treatment of very elderly patients with tetanus is justified.
Périodique
Chest
ISSN
0012-3692 (Print)
ISSN-L
0012-3692
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1990
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
97
Numéro
3
Pages
702-705
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Tetanus is now rare in industrialized countries, occurring mainly in elderly patients. To assess whether aggressive therapy of these patients in the intensive care unit is justified, we retrospectively studied all patients with tetanus hospitalized in our institution between 1968 and 1989. Patients over the age of 70 years fared as well as those under 70 years and recovered without sequelae. These results favor aggressive treatment of elderly patients with tetanus in the intensive care unit.
Mots-clé
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Critical Care, Diazepam/therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pancuronium/therapeutic use, Respiration, Artificial, Retrospective Studies, Tetanus/complications, Tetanus/drug therapy, Tracheostomy
Pubmed
Web of science
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01/07/2013 15:34
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 13:51
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