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ArticleNeurosurgical review2024

Letter to editor: Serum concentration-guided intravenous magnesium sulfate administration for neuroprotection in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A retrospective evaluation of a 12-year single-center experience.

Kainat Sohail, Syeda Mahrukh Fatima Zaidi

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Article in Neurosurgical review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kainat SohailJinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syeda Mahrukh Fatima ZaidiJinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan. mahrukhfatima2010@live.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1723-4097
Jinnah Sindh Medical University · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This critique examines a 12-year retrospective study on serum magnesium concentration-guided administration of magnesium sulfate in 548 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). The study reported that maintaining serum magnesium levels between 2 and 2.5 mmol/L reduced rates of delayed cerebral infarction and improved clinical outcomes. However, limitations due to its retrospective nature, single-center design, and unequal treatment group sizes may affect generalizability. Future multicentric randomized controlled trials are recommended to validate these findings and refine magnesium dosing strategies for aSAH treatment.

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Magnesium SulfateNeuroprotective AgentsSubarachnoid HemorrhageAdministration, IntravenousAdultCerebral InfarctionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuroprotectionRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeMagnesium SulfateNeuroprotective AgentsAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageaSAHDelayed cerebral infarctionMagnesium sulfateNeuroprotectionVasospasm

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PMID38662220
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