Electrocardiographic changes in tetanus

ABSTRACT

Fifteen patients with tetanus were included in this study. Electrocardiographic changes during tetanic sedation and after clinical cure were recorded. The most frequent ECG changes were T wave changes [80%], sinus tachycardia [73.3%], P wave abnormalities [26.6%], right sided dominance [20%], ST depression [13.3%] and sinoatrial block [one case]. Most of these abnormalities were transient and all of them disappeared nearly completely after clinical cure