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  2. Medical uses of magnesium sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium sulfate as a medication is used to treat and prevent low blood magnesium and seizures in women with eclampsia. [1] It is also used in the treatment of torsades de pointes, severe asthma exacerbations, constipation, and barium poisoning. [1][2] It is given by injection into a vein or muscle as well as by mouth. [1][2] As epsom salts ...

  3. Magnesium (medical use) - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) is soluble in water. It is commonly used as a laxative, owing to the poor absorption of the sulfate component. In lower doses, they may be used as an oral magnesium source, however. Intravenous or intramuscular magnesium is generally in the form of magnesium sulfate solution. Intravenous or intramuscular ...

  4. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

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    Intravenous magnesium sulfate can reduce calcium ions influx into smooth muscle cells on the airway, causing airway muscle relaxation. [13] It is possible for intravenous magnesium sulfate to cause hypermagnesemia, resulting in muscle weakness. Intravenous magnesium sulfate is contraindicated in patients with renal insufficiency. [14] [15]

  5. Magnesium sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula MgSO 4, consisting of magnesium cations Mg 2+ (20.19% by mass) and sulfate anions SO 2− 4. It is a white crystalline solid , soluble in water but not in ethanol .

  6. Banana bag - Wikipedia

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    Banana bag. A banana bag (or rally pack) is a bag of IV fluids containing vitamins and minerals. The bags typically contain thiamine, folic acid, and magnesium sulfate, and are usually used to correct nutritional deficiencies or chemical imbalances in the human body. The solution has a yellow color, hence the term "banana bag".

  7. Magnesium deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium deficiency is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is a low level of magnesium in the body. [3] Symptoms include tremor, poor coordination, muscle spasms, loss of appetite, personality changes, and nystagmus. [1][2] Complications may include seizures or cardiac arrest such as from torsade de pointes. [1]

  8. Hypermagnesemia - Wikipedia

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    Calcium chloride, intravenous normal saline with furosemide, hemodialysis [ 1 ] Frequency. Uncommon [ 3 ] Hypermagnesemia is an electrolyte disorder in which there is a high level of magnesium in the blood. [ 3 ] Symptoms include weakness, confusion, decreased breathing rate, and decreased reflexes.

  9. Total intravenous anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    These insufficiencies encouraged the development of paraldehyde by Noel & Souttar, [4] magnesium sulfate by Peck & Meltzer [5] as well as ethanol by Nakagawa [6] as intravenous anesthetic agents. Propofol (di-isopropyl phenol) was synthesized by Glen and colleagues in the early 1970s, [ 7 ] but its first formulations were temporarily withdrawn ...