The child with severe tetanus

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Originally from https://resources.wfsahq.org/uia/vol-37-paediatrics-special-edition/ | Update in Anaesthesia

Pamela Onorame Agbamu* and John Olutola Olatosi

Dr P.O Agbamu Department of Anaesthesia Lagos University Teaching Hospital PMB 12003 Lagos NIGERIA

John Olutola Olatosi  FWACS Consultant Anaesthetist Lagos University  Teaching Hospital Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia University of Lagos NIGERIA

*Correspondence email: babypam34@yahoo.com doi:10.1029/WFSA-D-20-00006

Abstract

Tetanus is an infectious disease which cannot be totally eradicated because the spores of the infecting organism are ubiquitous. It is however entirely preventable by immunization. It is still a health problem in the low-income countries with high neonatal mortality rates reported. It is also a cause of childhood mortality. In its severe forms, it is a multi-systemic disease affecting the autonomic, respiratory, cardiovascular and renal systems requiring multidisciplinary management in a neonatal or paediatric intensive care unit. The course of the disease may be prolonged, and the late sequelae of the disease may contribute significantly to morbidity in the growing child.