[Tetanus patients treated at the Infectious Disease Clinic, Medical Academy, in Cracow 1980-1989]. / Chorzy na tezec leczeni w Klinice Chorób Zakaznych Akademii Medycznej w Krakowie w latach 1980-1989.
Przegl Epidemiol
; 44(4): 357-61, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
In this period 257 tetanus patients was treated. The majority of them being old age farmers. 44% patients treated in our clinic were over 71 years old. They were not actively immunized against tetanus. The principal percentage of mortality was high (42%), but it was clearly correlated with old age of patients. The co-existed diseases and complications had influence to unprofitable results of treatment. Comparing 3 last tenth anniversary--general number of tetanus patients demonstrated insignificant decrease and an important increase among cases of patients more than 71 years old. Tetanus is still seriously menace to unvaccinated people in Poland.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tétano
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Pl
Revista:
Przegl Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article