Effects of maternal magnesium sulfate treatment on newborns.

Shingo NumotoHiroki KakitaSatoru TakeshitaHiroko UedaTomoko KondoHirokazu KurahashiAkihiko WakatsukiYasumasa YamadaAkihisa Okumura

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)

Modest effects on the clinical variables of infants with higher serum Mg levels were determined, whereas neither the duration of Mg treatment nor the cumulative Mg dose correlated with the clinical variables of the infants. Thus, in newborns with only moderately elevated serum Mg levels serious adverse effects are unlikely.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
low birth weight
gestational age
body mass index
preterm infants
weight loss
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth