Cerebrospinal fluid levels of magnesium in preeclampsia patients treated with magnesium sulfate and magnesium asphatate HCL, a preliminary report

Background: The incidence of preeclampsia seizure is low after parenteral magnesium sulfate therapy. Setting: A Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Design: A Retrospective Study. Aim: To correlate magnesium levels of serum with those of cerebrospinal fluid in patients with preeclampsia treated with magnesium sulfate and magnesium asphatateHCl and to determine whether magnesium iron crosses the blood brain barrier significantly. Methods and Material: A total of 48 patients in whom spinal anesthesia was used for delivery, 30 patients with preeclampsia with therapeutic serum levels made up the…