Magnesium sulphate as firstline and mainstay therapy without sedation in the management of a patient with tetanus

Vihara Erangika Gunasekera Dassanayake

Magnesium sulphate as firstline and mainstay therapy without sedation in the management of a patient with tetanus

2016

Vihara Erangika Gunasekera Dassanayake

We report a patient diagnosed as grade I tetanus that rapidly progressed to grade III and was treated successfully with magnesium sulphate for 19 days without sedation with benzodiazepines.

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Surgery
Sedation
Anesthesia
Tetanus
Magnesium
Intensive care medicine
Medicine
early tracheostomy

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