Summary:
Aims: To study the demographic, clinical features,
treatment as well as outcomes of tetanus patients in the
Bangladeshi population from 1994 to 2003.
Design: A retrospective descriptive study. Setting: A large
public Medical college hospital with a regional as well as
referral service. Materials and Methods: All cases of
tetanus in adult patients from January 1994 to December
2003 were identified from the medical record at the
hospital and these were then retrospectively reviewed.