title: The changing role of magnesium sulphate therapy.
abstract: Magnesium sulphate is not an effective tocolytic. Magnesium sulphate therapy was also linked to preterm neonatal deaths in one study, which was stopped before completion. Other studies suggest a possible neuroprotective effect of magnesium. Both of these issues require further study. Magnesium sulphate is clearly the drug of choice to prevent recurrent eclampsia and to treat severe pre-eclampsia.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Department of Anaesthesia, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Canada. breen@acs.ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Breen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang