Open AccessPyridoxine in the Treatment of Tetanus Neonatorum
Author(s) -
M Cağlar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi29.11-12.1989.233-6
Subject(s) - medicine , tetanus , pyridoxine , pediatrics , virology , vaccination
A prospective study has been conducted to assess the efficacy of oral pyridoxine in the treatment of neonatal tetanus. A little reduction in mortality was observed by adding pyridoxine to the conventional therapy. The mortality in this group was 50.0% as compared to 62.5% in controls. This result did not confirm the ones in the literature. This could be sourced from the fact that additional injection was 50.0%.