Magnesium sulfate
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Magnesium sulfate
ATI class: Electrolyte replacement / Anticonvulsant for preeclampsia/eclampsia
Action
- ATI/source-folder candidate for Magnesium sulfate; verify mechanism against the source table before validation.
Therapeutic use
- Review under Hormonal & Reproductive / Preeclampsia-Eclampsia app context medication safety.
Nursing assessment
- Monitor respiratory rate, oxygenation, deep tendon reflexes, level of consciousness, and urine output.
- Assess seizure activity and preeclampsia severe-feature cues.
- Verify calcium gluconate availability per protocol.
Administration
- Verify route against the order and source table.
Side effects
- Verify common side effects against the source table.
Adverse effects
- Flushing
- Hypotension
- Loss of deep tendon reflexes
- Respiratory depression
- Cardiac arrest with severe toxicity
Interactions
- Calcium channel blockers can increase hypotension or neuromuscular effects.
- CNS depressants can worsen sedation or respiratory depression.
- Renal impairment increases toxicity risk.
Contraindications
- Heart block
- Myocardial damage
- Severe renal failure unless specifically managed
Precautions
- Use caution with renal impairment and concurrent medications that depress neuromuscular or respiratory function.
- Toxicity monitoring is mandatory during infusion protocols.
Client teaching
- Report trouble breathing, chest heaviness, extreme weakness, or feeling unable to stay awake.
- Expect close monitoring of reflexes, respirations, and urine output.
- Use assistance when getting out of bed.
Medication outcomes
- Therapeutic response with no priority adverse effects.
Antidote / rescue
- No specific antidote is seeded; hold/question unsafe doses and manage toxicity per provider, facility, or poison-control guidance.
NCLEX priority cues
- Absent reflexes, respiratory depression, or very low urine output are toxicity cues.
- Calcium gluconate is the reversal medication to anticipate per protocol.
- Magnesium prevents seizures; it is not an antihypertensive rescue drug.
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Source attribution
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Depresses neuromuscular excitability and stabilizes seizure risk in severe preeclampsia/eclampsia.
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