Case Reports
Magnesium sulphate as firstline and mainstay therapy without sedation in the management of a patient with tetanus
Author:
Vihara Erangika Gunasekera Dassanayake
University of Colombo, LK
About Vihara
Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesiology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Abstract
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.
How to Cite:
Dassanayake, V.E.G., 2016. Magnesium sulphate as firstline and mainstay therapy without sedation in the management of a patient with tetanus. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology, 24(2), pp.84–88. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/slja.v24i2.8139
Published on
16 Jul 2016.
Peer Reviewed
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