Efficacy and Safety of 1 g Vs 2 g Per Hour Intravenous Maintenance Dose of MgSO4 in Women With Severe Pre-eclampsia

Summary

Preeclampsia is commonly viewed as one of the hypertensive pregnancy disorders, which cover a spectrum of clinical presentations from chronic hypertension ( hypertension occurring prior to 20 weeks of gestation) and gestational hypertension (hypertension occurring after 20 weeks of gestation) To more severe forms, including preeclampsia, eclampsia (its convulsive form), and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme S, and low platelets)

Timeline

Start

2017-05-30

Primary completion

2020-01-30

Completion

2020-01-30

Publications

• Background Altman D, Carroli G, Duley L, Farrell B, Moodley J, Neilson J, Smith D; Magpie Trial Collaboration Group. Do women with pre-eclampsia, and their babies, benefit from magnesium sulphate? The Magpie Trial: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2002 Jun 1;359(9321):1877-90. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08778-0.
• Background Zakiyah N, Postma MJ, Baker PN, van Asselt AD; IMPROvED Consortium. Pre-eclampsia Diagnosis and Treatment Options: A Review of Published Economic Assessments. Pharmacoeconomics. 2015 Oct;33(10):1069-82. doi: 10.1007/s40273-015-0291-x.
• Background Hypertension in pregnancy. Report of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Nov;122(5):1122-1131. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000437382.03963.88. No abstract available.
• Diaz V, Long Q, Oladapo OT. Alternative magnesium sulphate regimens for women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Oct 10;10(10):CD007388. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007388.pub3.

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