Table 1 Clinical signs, symptoms and characteristics of the patients with neonatal tetanus
From: Neonatal tetanus in Turkey; what has changed in the last decade?
Variables | Survivors (n 39) | Deaths (n 28) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Birth weight, g, (SD)* | 3402 ± 515 | 3153 ± 462 | = 0.014 |
Age at admission, days, (SD)* | 10.3 ± 4.7 | 7.4 ± 3.4 | = 0.001 |
Age at onset of symptoms, days, (SD)* | 7.0 ± 4.0 | 4.9 ± 1.9 | < 0.0001 |
Male/female(n)∞ | 28/11 | 20/8 | NS |
Spasticity(n)∞ | 30 | 24 | NS |
Lack of sucking(n)∞ | 28 | 21 | NS |
Trismus(n)∞ | 22 | 16 | NS |
Fever (n)∞ | 15 | 13 | NS |
Omphalitis∞ | 16 | 11 | NS |
Jaundice∞ | 11 | 8 | NS |
Risus sardonicus∞ | 3 | 8 | < 0.0001 |
Irritability∞ | 8 | 6 | NS |
Opisthotonus∞ | 1 | 8 | < 0.0001 |
Cyanosis∞ | 5 | 4 | NS |