Tetanus Severity Score for Prediction of Mortality in Manifest Tetanus
ConditionTetanus, Manifest
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAin Shams University
About this trial
Three scoring systems will be applied to patients suffering from manifest tetanus and will be related to mortality.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adults (age 18 years old or more).
Any sex (male or female), regardless of gender identity.
Sustained spasm of the facial muscles in which person appears grinning.
Painful muscular contractions
Disqualifiers
Age < 18 years.
Absent criteria of manifest tetanus, as per the WHO criteria (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tetanus).
Incomplete medical record with missing data required to calculate the Tetanus Severity Score, Philips Score, or Dakar score.
Incomplete medical record with missing data regarding the primary outcome measure (survival to hospital discharge or in-hospital mortality).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Tetanus Severity Score (TSS)
- Philips Score
- Dakar Score
Treatment groups
115 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov