Author Description

Tetanus is a disease that chiefly afflicts the developing countries of the world - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, parts of South-East Asia, Africa and South America. Severe tetanus has a forbidding mortality.This important and timely volume on tetanus discusses all aspects of the disease in detail, including prevailing concepts on physiopathology and immunology, and current work on the epidemiology of the disease. The book also includes the author's original contributions on the haemodynamics of severe tetanus and on pulmonary functions in this disease. The management of tetanus has been discussed at length and it has been shown how the mortality of severe tetanus can be drastically reduced to about 20 per cent by a management protocol applicable in and affordable by developing countries. Under excellent intensive care conditions, the mortality of severe tetanus could be reduced even further to 6.25 per cent.This comprehensive and well-organized book should be extremely useful to all house physicians, registrars, general practitioners, post-graduates and consultant physicians in developing countries. It will be particularly indispensable for those treating tetanus, and for those who have specialized in Critical Care Medicine. It should also be of interest to doctors in developed countries, particularly those engaged in the management of acute infections, and to those working in Intensive Care Units.