Nursing a critically ill tetanus patient in an intensive care unit in Zambia.
| Autor: | Carter, Chris, Viveash, Sue |
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TETANUS treatment
INTENSIVE care nursing CRITICALLY ill DRUG therapy for convulsions AIRWAY (Anatomy) ANESTHESIA BACTERIAL vaccines BENZODIAZEPINES COMBINATION drug therapy DICLOFENAC ENTERAL feeding HEALTH services accessibility IMMUNIZATION INTENSIVE care units INTRAVENOUS therapy ISONIPECAINE METRONIDAZOLE NURSING practice OXYGEN therapy PATIENT monitoring PATIENTS SPASMS TETANUS antitoxin TETANUS TRANQUILIZING drugs WOUND care SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS PREVENTION |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Nursing; 5/11/2017, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p489-496, 8p, 1 Color Photograph, 4 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | The global incidence of tetanus has been gradually reducing. Improvements in vaccination and health education programmes and the World Health Organization campaign to eradicate maternal and neonatal tetanus have all resulted in fewer presentations globally. Unfortunately, tetanus mortality remains a significant problem for many developing countries, owing to inadequate vaccination programmes or to conflict or humanitarian disasters during which vaccination programmes are stopped or there is sporadic cover. This case study explores the care of a tetanus patient in an intensive care unit in Zambia, a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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