BACKGROUND An appropriate anesthesia duration with minimal side effects and prolonged postoperative analgesia are the ideal characteristics of an intrathecal drug used during spinal anesthesia. Neostigmine and magnesium sulphate have been used as spinal anesthetic additives with narcotics and local anesthetics. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the analgesic properties of intrathecal neos...

Magnesium sulphate, a substance known to cause release of cholecystokinin (CCK) from the small intestinal mucosa, was given by mouth (dose 0.1g/kg in 150 ml water) to 20 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome. A rapid increase in colonic segmental motor activity (onset within two to six minutes in most cases) was seen (percentage activity increased from 16.2 to 23.7 p<0.05; mean wave amplit...

147 The area of research is timely since selection of students for admission to medical schools has received much attention recently. Selection criteria need to be examined in relation to outcome, success in the medical course being one such outcome. The population for such an investigation has necessarily to be the total cohort (or better still, cohorts) of students who gain entry to all medic...

1. " Quinine for prophylaxis will be issued in packets of 4 ozs. of quinine mixed with 1^lbs. of magnesium sulphate. This, dissolved in 1^ gallons of water, with the aid of sulphuric acid, gives a quinine content of approximately 10 grains to the ounce and is sufficient for 200 men. E. I. jugs will be provided for preparing the mixture, and a mark should be made at the 1^ gallons level." (Note....

This study compares the chemical composition of rainwater samples collected at two sampling sites, the first situated in the Rijeka city centre and the second in a suburban site 120 m above the sea level. The rainwater samples were analysed for precipitation weighted average concentrations of hydrogen, sulphate, nitrate, chloride, ammonium, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The results...

BACKGROUND Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are important causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. There is need to provide the most effective management to pre-eclamptic and eclamptic patients. There is now evidence that magnesium sulphate is the most effective anticonvulsant. METHOD In this article , a literature review was made on the contribution of...

OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of magnesium sulphate compared with sotalol, and to assess the clinical effectiveness of magnesium sulphate compared with placebo in the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients who have had a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). DATA SOURCES Major electronic databases were searched from December 2003 to May 2007. REVIEW MET...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Results on the effect of ritodrine in the treatment of preterm labour are different all over the world. Therefore, a concrete conclusion cannot be drawn from a single randomized control trial (RCT). In this study, we selected a large number of RCTs worldwide on the treatment of preterm labour comparing ritodrine and placebo or magnesium sulfate and by applying meta-analy...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most commonly encountered complications following coronary artery bypass grafting, whose treatment modalities are still not definite. In this prospective randomized double blind controlled trial we evaluated the adjuvant role of oral vitamin C with intravenous magnesium sulphate for the prevention of postoperative AF among the patients who underwent CABG u...

Background: Pre-eclampsia complicates 2% 8% of pregnancies. Various efforts have been put forward for its prevention and treatment. Magnesium sulphate is presently the recommended drug for the prevention and treatment of eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia. Objectives: The study aimed to compare the serum magnesium in a healthy pregnant women and pre-eclamptic women. It determined demographic ch...