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Sympathetic overactivity in tetanus is a common event and may be difficult to control. This report demonstrates the efficacy of morphine in this clinical situation and also discusses the sympathetic effects of 3 muscle relaxants, pancuronium, d-tubocurarine and alcuronium.
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Buchanan, N., Cane, R.D., Wolfson, G. et al. Autonomic dysfunction in tetanus: The effects of a variety of therapeutic agents, with special reference to morphine. Intensive Care Med 5, 65–68 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01686048
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