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Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs of inpatients with tetanus in Korea, 2011-2019.
- Source :
- BMC Infectious Diseases; 3/9/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Tetanus is a rare, vaccine-preventable but extremely serious disease. We investigated the recent trend of the clinical outcomes and medical costs for inpatients with tetanus in South Korea over 10 years.<bold>Methods: </bold>We conducted a retrospective review to determine the clinical factors and medical costs associated with tetanus at two national university hospitals in South Korea between January 2011 and October 2019.<bold>Results: </bold>Forty-nine patients were admitted for tetanus (mean age, 67.0 years [range, 53.0-80.0 years]; 32 women [57.1%]). All the patients had generalized tetanus, and 5 (10.2%) died during hospitalization. The median duration from symptom onset to hospital admission was 4 days. Trismus (85.7%) was the most common symptom, and the median hospital stay was 39 days. Thirty-two patients (65.3%) required mechanical ventilation, and 20 (40.8%) developed aspiration pneumonia. The median total healthcare cost per patient was US $18,011. After discharge, 35 patients (71.4%) recovered sufficiently to walk without disability.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Tetanus requires long hospital stays and high medical expenditures in South Korea; however, the vaccination completion rate is low. Medical staff should therefore promote medical advice and policies on the management of tetanus to the general South Korean population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712334
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149149988
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05935-w