Table 1.

Treatment provided to the patients

Treatment*†	Aged 12 years or more	Aged less than 12 years
Magnesium sulfate (intravenous)	Twenty-four milligrams daily into three divided doses	Twelve milligrams daily into three divided doses
	If no convulsion within 12 hours, then 16 mg into two divided doses	If no convulsion within 12 hours, then 8 mg into two divided doses
	If no convulsion within 24 hours, then 8 mg single dose	If no convulsion within 24 hours, then 4 mg single dose
	Then if no convulsion state continues, then finally stop	Then if no convulsion state continues, then finally stop
Diazepam (intravenous with infusion)	Sixty milligrams daily into three divided doses	Thirty milligrams daily into three divided doses
	If able to take food by mouth, then 40 mg into two divided doses for 24 hours	If able to take food by mouth, then 20 mg into two divided doses for 24 hours
	If improvement continues, then 20 mg once daily for 24 hours	If improvement continues, then 10 mg once daily for 24 hours
	Finally, if improvement continues, then stop	Finally, if improvement continues, then stop
Immunotherapy (intramuscular)	Human TIG 500 units	Human TIG 250 units
	TT-containing vaccine, 0.5 mL	TT-containing vaccine, 0.5 mL
Antibiotics (intravenous)	Metronidazole intravenously 500 mg every 6 hours for 14 days	Metronidazole intravenously 250 mg every 6 hours for 14 days
	Ceftriaxone 2 gm intravenously daily for 14 days	One milligram intravenously daily for 14 days
Fluid (intravenous)	One liter 5% dextrose aqua daily during hospital stay	0.5 L 5% dextrose aqua daily up to hospital staying
	Two liter dextrose in normal saline daily during hospital staying	One liter dextrose in normal saline daily during hospital stay

^* Those who had no previous immunization history advised to complete a three-dose cycle of tetanus toxoid (TT)- tetanus toxoid immune globuline (TIG).

^† Discharged patients also advised to complete their antibiotic schedule.