Intrathecal ATS and high dosage diazepam in neonatal tetanus.
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Neonatal tetanus treated with high dosage diazepam.
The combination of continuous intravenous infusion of diazepam (20--40 mg/kg per day) and intragastric phenobarbitone (10--15 mg/kg per day in 4 divided doses) was used to treat 19 cases of neonatal tetanus. Mortality was 2/19 (11%). This regimen was considered to have reduced the mortality and the need for artificial ventilation. The main side effects encountered were severe drowsiness, coma, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.54.8.650-a