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Re: Treatment for eclampsia From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com) Wed Jan 21 17:10:19 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Ana : "Re: FRI Sexual medicine aid?" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: Question: fosamax and calcitonin at the same time" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Treatment for eclampsia" Its been a while - but I believe our protocol was to give 4gm - over 10 minutes (?) - we sat at the bedside with the syringe and did it. Eventually we put the 4 gms in a small IV bag and put it on a pump to go in over 10 minutes or something like that. I agree - that prompt starting of Mag SO4 would have been OB 101. ... uh-oh. At Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. wrote: > >I was always taught that the treatment for eclampsia was MgSO4--1 gm per >minute--IV push--up to 5 gms. > >Never ever give Mgso4 as an I.V. push, if you are lucky the only thing >that will happen will be that the patient will stop breathing. There >was a reason why the parkland memorial protocal called for painfull I.M. >dosages. Yes 1mg given in 1 minute is enough to cause a respiratory >arrest. > >-- > Take care, John > -- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA ----- "It is easier to understand a nation by listening to its music than by learning its language" -Anonymous Next message: Ana : "Re: FRI Sexual medicine aid?" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: Question: fosamax and calcitonin at the same time" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Treatment for eclampsia"

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