NCT07512167

Tetanus Severity Score for Prediction of Mortality in Manifest Tetanus

Comparison of Three Scoring Systems for Prediction of Mortality in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Manifest Tetanus

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 115 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Three scoring systems will be applied to patients suffering from manifest tetanus and will be related to mortality.

Detailed description

On admission to the intensive care unit, three scoring systems for tetanus severity will be applied to all patients: the Tetanus Severity Score (TSS), Dakar Score, and Philips Score, and will then be related to the occurrence of in-hospital mortality or survival to hospital discharge.

Conditions

• Tetanus, Manifest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Tetanus Severity Score (TSS)	The Tetanus Severity Score (TSS) is calculated for each patient by the investigator using the required data as documented in the medical records at admission
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Philips Score	The Philips Score is calculated for each patient by the investigator using the required data as documented in the medical records at admission
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Dakar Score	The Dakar Score is calculated for each patient by the investigator using the required data as documented in the medical records at admission

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-15
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2026-04-15
• First posted: 2026-04-06
• Last updated: 2026-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt