Prolonged high-dose intravenous magnesium therapy for severe tetanus in the intensive care unit: a case series

INTRODUCTION: Tetanus rarely occurs in developed countries, but it can result in fatal complications including respiratory failure due to generalized muscle spasms. Magnesium infusion has been used to treat spasticity in tetanus, and its effectiveness is supported by several case reports and a recen...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karanikolas, Menelaos, Velissaris, Dimitrios, Marangos, Markos, Karamouzos, Vassilios, Fligou, Fotini, Filos, Kriton S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20356376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-100

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20356376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-100

Ejemplares similares