Magnesium sulphate therapy in women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Omu, A E ^a,b   Al Harmi, J ^a,b   Vedi, H L ^b   Mlechkova, L ^b   Sayed, A F ^b   Al Ragum, N S ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Magnesium sulphate therapy; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECLAMPSIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KUWAIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOSE DISEASE; OLIGURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TENDON REFLEX; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRALAZINE; KUWAIT; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149162847     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117797     Document Type: Article

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