Abstract
The anaesthetic management of a pre-eclamptic parturient who was treated with high doses of magnesium sulphate and who developed hypermagnesaemia before delivery by Caesarean Section, is presented. The pharmacology of magnesium, particularly its effects at the neuromuscular junction, and clinical considerations of magnesium administration are discussed.
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Les auteurs rapportent un cas d’apnée prolongée après administration de succinylcholine, chez une parturiente en pré-éclampsie et accouchée par césarienne; la patiente avait été traitée au sulfate de magnésie à doses élevées avant son intervention et présentait une hypermagnésémie. La pharmacologie du magnésium et, en particulier ses effets au niveau de la fonction neuro-musculaire ainsi que les applications cliniques de l’administration de cet agent sont discutés.
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Skaredoff, M.N., Roaf, E.R. & Datta, S. Hypermagnesaemia and anaesthetic management. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 29, 35–41 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03007946
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