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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...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| 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 |