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KMID : 0367419790200050055
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1979 Volume.20 No. 5 p.55 ~ p.61
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Clinical Observations On Neonatal Tetanus
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Abstract
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Total 114 cases of the patients of neonatal tetanus were clinically evaluated who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Hospital from Jan. 1967 to Aug. 1976.
The results were as follows;
1) The number of patients yearly means were about 12 cases which was 2.7% of total admitted patients of Pediatrics.
2) There was revealed the high incidence of the male than the female and its ratio was about 2.5 : 1.
3) The mortality rate was 50.6%
4) Hoene delivery with no sanitory facilities was a problem of the neonatal tetanus.
5) The majority of patients (85.496) were 48 days of age on admission. It is clear that recovery correlates more closely with the age of admission. Patients with on admission over 7 days had a good prognosis.
6) The 101 cases out of the total 75 cases were admitted during 3 days after onset that death was related to complication.
7) The most common chief complaints on admission were poor sucking (97.4916), trismus, (95.6%), and convlsion (93.0%).
8) Hypothermia and hyperpyrexia was significantly correlated with mortality.
9) The main complications were pneumonia, hyperpyrexia and asphyxia which showed poor prognosis.
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