OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of a low-dose magnesium sulfate regimen for the management of eclampsia in Indian women. METHODS A loading dose consisting of 3g of magnesium sulfate intravenously plus 5g intramuscularly (2.5g in each buttock) was followed by 2.5g intramuscularly every 4hours, for 24hours beyond the last seizure. In a first phase, which spanned 2001 and 2002, the r...

AIM To describe the case profile of maternal death resulting from hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and to propose measures for its reduction. METHODS The Committee on Maternal Mortality of São Paulo City has identified 609 cases of obstetric maternal death between 1995 and 1999 with an underreporting rate of 52.2% and a maternal mortality rate of 56.7/100,000 live births. Arterial hyperten...

BACKGROUND There are many advantages of breast milk for infants. Many factors can affect the volume and composition of breast milk. One of them is the maternal diet. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on maternal nutrition and breast milk composition. METHODS A total of 21 breast-feeding mothers aged between 17 and 38 years who fasted during Ramadan mont...

OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy and the safety of the single dose MgSo4 ('VIMS') regimen in treating eclamptic seizures and their effect on the maternal and foetal outcomes. METHODS A prospective, observational study was conducted in the period from 2003 to 2007. 513 eclamptic women who were admitted to the Dept of OBG, VIMS, Bellary, received single doses of 4g diluted 50% Mgso4 intrave...

In India meternal mortality in cases of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia continues to be high.[2]Management of these cases has always been a controversial subject. It has many aspects like control of convulsions, hypertension and obstetric management. Magnesium sulfate (MgS04) is one of the agents used as anticonvulsant all over the world. No maternal mortality has been reported by Pritchard ...

Sodalis glossinidius, a maternally inherited endosymbiont of the tsetse fly, maintains genes encoding homologues of the PhoP-PhoQ two-component regulatory system. This two-component system has been extensively studied in facultative bacterial pathogens and is known to serve as an environmental magnesium sensor and a regulator of key virulence determinants. In the current study, we show that the...