?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Should+Magnesium+Sulphate+Prophylaxis+be+Used+in+all+Cases+of+Severe+Preeclampsia%3F&rft.creator=Bhattacharya%2C+Sohini&rft.creator=Naskar%2C+Animesh&rft.creator=Mondal%2C+Sukanta&rft.creator=Samanta%2C+Ajanta&rft.creator=Pati%2C+Shyama+Pada&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=A+case+control+study%2C+undertaken+in+the+department+of+Obstetrics+and+Gynecology+in+a+tertiary+referral+centre%2C+was+designed+to+administer+standard+dose+of+magnesium+sulphate+to+50+randomly+selected+severely+preeclamptic+women+in+labor+(Group+1).+48+women+who+formed+the+control+group+did+not+receive+the+drug+(Group+2).+The+admission+%E2%80%93+delivery+interval%2C+rate+of+Cesarean+section+showed+no+statistically+significant+difference.+Four+patients+developed+convulsions+in+Group+1+in+contrast+to+twelve+patients+in+Group+2.+Efficacy+of+magnesium+sulphate+at+preventing+eclampsia+was+calculated+as+68%25.+Mild+respiratory+depression+occurred+in+two+cases+and+oliguria+in+eight+cases+in+Group+1.+Both+the+conditions+improved+on+suspending+further+doses+of+magnesium+sulphate.+No+patient+had+post+partum+haemorrhage+in+Group+1+although+4%25+patients+had+it+in+Group+2.+Neonatal+outcome+was+comparable+in+both+the+groups.+Hence+magnesium+sulphate+may+be+regarded+as+a+fairly+safe+and+effective+prophylactic+agent+for+eclampsia+when+used+in+severe+preeclampsia+in+labor&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7255%2F1%2F2010-4-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bhattacharya%2C+Sohini+and+Naskar%2C+Animesh+and+Mondal%2C+Sukanta+and+Samanta%2C+Ajanta+and+Pati%2C+Shyama+Pada++(2011)+Should+Magnesium+Sulphate+Prophylaxis+be+Used+in+all+Cases+of+Severe+Preeclampsia%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7255%2F