The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum (Jan 2010)

Role of Neuromuscular Junction Monitoring in Management of a Postpartum Eclamptic Patient with Iatrogenic Hypermagnesemia

  • Harshel G Parikh,
  • Chitra B Upasani

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
p. 1

Abstract

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Accidental hypermagnesemia is a common and often missed complication during treatment in a postpartum eclamptic patient. As symptomatic hypermagnesemia leads to neuromuscular junction blockade, neuromuscular junction monitoring serves the purpose of vigilant monitoring and prevents iatrogenic overdose of magnesium.

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