Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in children with severe tetanus: dissociation of cardiac and vascular sympathetic control
The medical records of ten pediatric patients with a clinical diagnosis of tetanus were reviewed retrospectively. The heart rate and blood pressure of all tetanus patients were measured noninvasively every hour during the first two weeks of hospitalization. Six of ten tetanus patients presented clin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000600018 |