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%.
Oral dosage (magnesium chloride, magnesium gluconate, magnesium lactate, magnesium oxide, or magnesium sulfate): Children: 10â20 mg elemental magnesium/kg/dose PO four times per day. Parenteral dosage (magnesium sulfate): Adults: 1â2 g IV/IM (or 15â30 mg/kg lean body weight) every 6 hours for 24 hours. Use the higher end of the dosage range for serum Mg concentrations < 1.2 mg/dl. For extreme hypomagnesemia, 8â12 g/day IV in divided doses have been used.