Citation
Zm. Cao et al., Acute hypermagnesemia and respiratory arrest following infusion of MgSO4 for tocolysis, CLIN CHIM A, 285(1-2), 1999, pp. 191-193
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
ISSN journal
00098981
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Volume
285
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
191 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-8981(199907)285:1-2<191:AHARAF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Hypermagnesemia (6.95 mmol/l) and respiratory arrest occurred to a 20-year-
old female (G3P2002) at 26 weeks of gestation during tocolytic treatment wi
th MgSO4. 7H(2)O (density greater than plasmalyte) injected into an IN. inf
usion bag containing 1 1 of plasmalyte without mixing. The patient was resc
ued with calcium gluconate and normal pregnancy continued. It is important
to adequately mix an I.V. solution after adding a drug particularly when th
e drug-containing solution has greater density than the parent I.V. solutio
n. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.