Immunization status in cases suffering from tetanus

ABSTRACT

To find out immunization status in cases suffering from tetanus. Design: A study of 180 patients admitted in Tetanus Ward Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Setting: Tetanus Ward is twelve bedded. It is receiving patients from Lahore and adjoining areas. Subjects: 180 patients admitted in Tetanus Ward, Mayo Hospital from January to December 1995. Tetanus has got a high mortality. The disease can be confidently prevented by proper immunization. Most of the patients in this study were unvaccinated and those who gave history of immunization were partially immunized. This may be dangerous sometimes because it gives a false feeling of protection against the disease