ArticleObstetrics & gynecology science2020
The effect of antenatal magnesium sulfate on intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in Obstetrics & gynecology science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Magnesium Sulfate in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Bridging the Gap Between Molecular Neuroprotection and Clinical Outcomes.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Review
- Intraventricular hemorrhage profile in very low birth weight preterm infants (< 1000 g and ≥ 1000 g) at a tertiary center in São Paulo State over a decade.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Antenatal Low Dose Magnesium Sulphate for Foetal Neuroprotection in Preterm Birth Versus Control: A Comparative Prospective Cohort Study in Tertiary Care Centre in India.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2025Article
- The Impact of Dexamethasone Administration on Labor Progression in Pregnant Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
- Antenatal exposure to magnesium sulfate and neonatal outcomes in very low birth weight infants: a multicenter study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- The performance of the practices associated with the occurrence of severe intraventricular hemorrhage in the very premature infants: data analysis from the Chinese neonatal network.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- The Impact of Different Degrees of Intraventricular Hemorrhage on Mortality and Neurological Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate for Preterm Neuroprotection: A Single-Center Experience from Kuwait Tertiary NICU.Biomedicine hubArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis study was to determine the pooled estimate of the effect of antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) on intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in premature infants.
methodsTwo review authors independently searched all randomized clinical trials from international databases, including Medline (PubMed), Web of Sciences, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Research Registers of ongoing trials (ClinicalTrials.gov), from January 1989 to August 2017. Two independent review authors were responsible for data collection. After extracting the necessary information from the evaluated articles, metaanalysis of the data was performed using Stata version 14. Also, sources of heterogeneity among studies were determined by Meta regression.
resultsIn this study, among 126 articles that were extracted from primary studies, 7 papers that evaluated the effect of MgSO4 on IVH were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The results of the meta-analysis showed that pooled relative risk (95% confidence interval [CI]) was 0.80 (95% CI, 0.63 to 1.03) for the effect of MgSO4 on IVH.
conclusion
resultsof this study showed that although MgSO4 had a protective effect on IVH in premature infants, this effect was not statistically significant. Further studies are needed to determine the best dosage, timing, and gestational age to achieve the optimum effect of MgSO4 on IVH. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) Identifier: CRD42019119610.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.