Temporal trends in tetanus incidence and lethality in Brazil: analysis of the national database from 2009 to 2018.

Larissa Chaves de Carvalho Consuelo Penha Castro Marques Vandilson Pinheiro Rodrigues

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2021)

The high cost and lethality of tetanus configure it as a public health problem. The demonstration of the epidemiology of patients who most evolve to death can help to contribute to a reduction in lethality, which shows an increase in the analysis period. Finally, special attention should be given to the elderly people and those living in the northern region.

Keyphrases

public health
risk factors
working memory
quality improvement
emergency department
adverse drug
global health
electronic health record