Ms. D’s muscle spasms were improved after administration of IV diazepam (Valium). In the critical care unit, Ms. D was observed closely for cardiopulmonary deterioration. Serial vital capacity ...

Every doctor wants to see a smile on a patient’s face, but there is one that no doctor ever wants to see: risus sardonicus, sometimes known as the sardonic grin or the devil’s smile, the cruel mark of ...

After Oregon went 30-plus years without a tetanus report, a six-year-old boy living in the state contracted severe tetanus in 2017, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The ...

Also known as lockjaw, tetanus is a disease that affects the central nervous system and is caused by a specific strain of bacteria called clostridium tetani. It’s pretty common to encounter it in soil ...

One of the most violent and fatal of infectious diseases is tetanus or lockjaw, caused by the tetanus bacillus which dwells in earth, manure, intestines of many animals, rusty nails and tools. The ...