Re: Magnesium Sulfate May Prevent CP
From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu)
Thu Jan 31 14:25:55 2008
Are they giving it IV or PO? Is it just one dose before delivery or what?
Anna Meenan, MD
>only thing about epsom salts..is that is gives one horrible
>diarrhoea...indeed it used to be taken to try and bring on labor in
>post-dates....
>so maybe giving it to pre-term mothers might not be ideal if one is
>trying to have them hold off delivering.
>though giving mgso4 IV doesn't give the same "bowel" problem as far
>as I know...but I do not think epsom salts would be ideal...besides
>it tastes horrid.
>frances wren
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:52 AM
>Subject: OB: Magnesium Sulfate May Prevent CP
>
>>Study: Giving moms magnesium sulfate cuts risk of cerebral palsy in
>>extreme premature babies
>>
>>Doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature
>>babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give
>>birth, new research shows.
>>
>>The mineral compound, also known as Epsom salts, is already used to
>>treat preganancy-related high blood pressure and to stop early labor.
>>Doctors should consider giving it to women about to deliver an extremely
>>preterm infant, said one of the researchers, Dr. John Thorp of the
>>University of North Carolina.
>>
>>The research was led by Dr. Dwight Rouse at the University of Alabama
>>at Birmingham and was presented Thursday at a meeting of the Society for
>>Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Dallas.
>>
>>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/31/america/NA-MED-US-Pregnancy-Cerebral-Palsy.php
>>
>>Medicine Swings Like A Pendulum Do ...
>>
>>Art
>>
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