The treatment of autonomic dysfunction in tetanus
We report a case of generalised tetanus in a 50-year-old female patient after sustaining a wound to her right lower leg. She developed autonomic dysfunction, which included labile hypertension alternating with hypotension and sweating. The autonomic dysfunction was treated successfully with a combin...
Main Authors: | T van den Heever, M G L Spruyt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Southern African Journal of Critical Care |
Online Access: | http://www.sajcc.org.za/index.php/SAJCC/article/view/274/276 |
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