Sulfate-bearing soils, which causes many engineering problems, e.g., cracking, collapse, and pavement layer settlement, are often encountered in the construction of pavements. Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)-magnesia (MgO) has been regarded as an effective curing agent treatment sulfate-bearing soil containing gypsum. However, field soils usually include other forms sulfates, such s...

BACKGROUND Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) is often used as a treatment for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and preterm labor, resulting in the exposure of a significant number of neonates to this drug despite a lack of evidence suggesting that it is safe, or effective as a tocolytic. While there is evidence that MgSO4 may be neuroprotective in perinatal brain injury, recent reviews have suggested that the e...

Sulfate attack is potentially one of the most damaging forms of degradation affecting portland cement-based materials. However, despite over six decades of study, considerable uncertainty remains in optimally selecting and proportioning materials for sulfate resistance, and current understanding of the actual mechanisms of degradation in sulfate environments remains incomplete. In this research...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the efficacy of nebulized magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) alone and in combination with salbutamol in acute asthma. METHODS A double-blind randomized controlled study was conducted in Chest and Emergency Departments. Thirty patients of acute attack of bronchial asthma were randomized into three groups: MgSO4 nebulization (group A), salbutamol nebulization (group B), and thei...

BACKGROUND Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation. It plays an important role in insulin homeostasis and glucose metabolism through multiple enzymatic reactions. With increasing data on magnesium deficiency in diabetic patients and epidemiological studies demonstrating magnesium deficiency as a risk factor for diabetes, it is logical to search for its possible beneficial eff...

1. We tested the hypothesis that patients with an acute attack of migraine headache and low serum levels (< 0.54 mmol/l) of ionized magnesium are more likely to respond to an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) than patients with higher serum ionized magnesium levels. 2. Serum ionized magnesium levels were drawn immediately before infusion of 1 g of MgSO4 in 40 consecutive patien...

BACKGROUND The pharmacokinetic basis of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4 ) dosing regimens for eclampsia prophylaxis and treatment is not clearly established. OBJECTIVES To review available data on clinical pharmacokinetic properties of MgSO4 when used for women with pre-eclampsia and/or eclampsia. SEARCH STRATEGY MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, POPLINE, Global Health Library and reference lists of eligi...

BACKGROUND In patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), vasospasm remains one of the major complications. The application of intravenous magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) has been under discussion to prevent cerebral ischemia. Our aim was to examine the impact of early MgSO4 administration on local cerebral microcirculation during microsurgical clipping of SAH-related aneurysms. METHODS The non-in...