TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Tetanus
A1  - You, Alan X.
A1  - Carden, Donna L.
A1  - Moll, Joel
A2  - Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Yealy, Donald M.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2  - Cline, David M.
A2  - Thomas, Stephen H.
Y1  - 2020
N1  - 
T2  - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
AB  - Tetanus  is  uncommon  in  the  United  States,  but  worldwide  estimates  are  approximately  100,000  cases  per  year,  with  a  mortality  rate  of  35%  to  40%.1,2  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  defines  tetanus  as  a  syndrome  of  acute  onset  of  hypertonia  and/or  painful  muscular  contractions  (usually  of  the  muscles  of  the  jaw  and  neck)  and  generalized  muscle  spasms  without  other  apparent  medical  cause.3  In  the  United  States,  tetanus  is  a  reportable  disease,  aggregated  through  the  National  Notifiable  Diseases  Surveillance  System.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166597510
ER  -