Magnesium sulfate decreases cerebral perfusion pressure in preeclampsia

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-327

  Belfort, Michael ^a   Allred, Janalee ^a   Dildy, Gary ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Magnesium sulfate; Preeclampsia; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYTOCIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 56049095286     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950801955683     Document Type: Article

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