Transliteration: poreia Phonetic Spelling: (por-i'-ah) Short Definition: a journey, pursuit, undertaking Definition: a journey, pursuit, undertaking, progress.
The target range for seizure prevention was 4.8 to 8.4 mg/dL. At Chonburi Hospital, only 67 (45.9%) pregnant women were found to have the therapeutic level (4.8-8.4 mg/dL) with magnesium sulfate therapy. In this study, 2.7% of the subjects developed convulsion, this incidence was much more than the other study, 1.9%.
Normal serum magnesium concentrations range between 0.75 and 0.95 millimoles (mmol)/L [1,5]. Hypomagnesemia is defined as a serum magnesium level less than 0.75 mmol/L [6]. Magnesium homeostasis is largely controlled by the kidney, which typically excretes about 120 mg magnesium into the urine each day [2]. Urinary excretion is reduced when magnesium status is low [1].