magnesium sulfate

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magnesium sulfate

A colorless, crystalline compound, MgSO₄, used in fireproofing, ceramics, textiles, paper, matches, explosives, and fertilizers.

magne′sium sul′fate

a water-soluble salt, MgSO₄, used in medicine and in processing leather and textiles. Compare Epsom salt.

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Noun

magnesium sulfate - a salt of magnesium

bitter salts, Epsom salts - hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures

sulfate, sulphate - a salt or ester of sulphuric acid

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magnesiumsulfaatti

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If the patient's BP is [greater than or equal to] 160/110 mm Hg or if her BP is [greater than or equal to] 140/90 mm Hg with coexisting symptoms of severe preeclampsia (for example a severe headache), initiate magnesium sulfate treatment.

Reduce maternal morbidity by the expeditious and decisive treatment of severe hypertension in pregnancy: In women with preeclampsia, clinical findings that are associated with increased maternal morbidity include: severe hypertension, dyspnea or chest pain, thrombocytopenia, and elevated creatinine or aspartate transaminase levels

Effects of adjunct intrathecal magnesium sulfate to bupivacaine for spinal anesthesia: a randomized, double-blind trial in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery.

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF MAGNESIUM SULPHATE VS. CLONIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO EPIDURAL LEVOBUPIVACAINE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERIES--A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED AND DOUBLE-BLINDED STUDY

Magnesium sulfate obtained from the natural deposit Esta kizeryt

Epsomicrotop Foliar Fertilizer Or Equivalent

Thirty-eight children (aged 6-16 years) with a severe asthma attack that was not associated with an infection and that had failed to improve after two hours of standard therapy were randomly assigned to receive, in open-label fashion, a bolus of magnesium sulfate (50 mg per kg of body weight over 1 hour) or a high-dose prolonged magnesium sulfate infusion of (50 mg per kg per hour for 4 hours; maximum, 8 g over 4 hours).

High-dose intravenous magnesium for severe asthma

Editor's Note: Magnesium supplements given in the trials included magnesium oxide, magnesium picolinate, magnesium aspartate HCl, magnesium citrate, magnesium lactate, magnesium lactate-citrate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate.

Association between magnesium and lower glucose in diabetics

In this research, we assessed the effects of magnesium sulfate on cardiovascular stability in patients undergoing diverse planned surgical procedures (abdominal, orthopedic, urology) under general balanced anesthesia, who were diagnosed with arterial hypertension grade 1 and 2.

Magnesium sulfate as an adjuvant to anesthesia in patients with arterial hypertension

The new standard calls for pregnant women between 24 and 30 weeks in preterm labour to be offered magnesium sulfate, which has been shown to reduce the risk of cerebral palsy in babies.

Improve baby care

Se realizo una busqueda bibliografica en Medline a traves de PubMed, utilizando los terminos MeSH: Magnesium Sulfate, Pharmacology, Obstetrics, Pre-eclampsia, Eclampsia, Neuroprotective Agents.

An approach to the pharmacology of magnesium sulfate from an obstetric perspective/Aproximacion a la farmacologia del sulfato de magnesio desde la perspectiva obstetrica/Abordagem farmacologica do sulfato de magnesio a partir da perspectiva obstetrica

Severe cardiomyopathy secondary to pheochromocytoma: Usefulness of magnesium sulfate.

Cardiomiopatia severa secundaria a feocromocitoma: utilidad del sulfato de magnesio. Reporte de un caso

Giving pregnant women magnesium sulfate within 24 hours of delivering a very preterm baby reduced the risk of cerebral palsy but showed no additional effect in the children's outcomes 6-11 years later, found a new study.

No additional benefits of MgS[O.sub.4] at 6-11 years

Effect of magnesium sulfate pretreatment on onset and recovery characteristics of cisatracurium.

Pre-treatment with magnesium sulphate before non-depolarizing muscle relaxants: effect on speed on onset, induction and recovery

This is confirmed by the experiment carried out in the laboratory with water, carbon dioxide and magnesium sulfate by researchers at Centro de AstrobiologE[degrees]a (CAB).