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The effects of magnesium sulfate therapy on Apgar scores
K M Pruett1, B Kirshon, D B Cotton
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
When intravenous magnesium sulfate is infused in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension, the hypermagnesemia does not result in lower Apgar scores. The mean maternal serum and cord magnesium levels at delivery were 5.3 +/- 0.72 and 5.3 +/- 1.1 mEq/dl, respectively. The most common negative Apgar score was assigned for color, not for muscle tone.