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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 29, 35-41, Copyright © 1982 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Hypermagnesaemia and Anaesthetic Management

MICHAEL N. SKAREDOFF 1, EDWARD R. ROAF 1, and SANJAY DATTA 1

1 Harvard Medical School and Department of Anaesthesia, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.A.

The anaesthetic management of a pre-eclamptic parturient who was treated with high doses of magnesium sulphate and who developed hypermagnesaemia before delivery by Caesarean Section, is presented. The pharmacology of magnesium, particularly its effects at the neuromuscular junction, and clinical considerations of magnesium administration are discussed.

Key Words: COMPLICATIONS, pre-eclampsia, hypermagnesaemia • PHARMACOLOGY, magnesium






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