Comparative Study of Magnesium Sulfate and Phenytoin in Prevention of Convention in Pre-Eclamptic Patients

Autor: Soghra Rabiei, Nadereh Behtash
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 0-0 (1999)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2588-722X
2588-7238
Popis: Pre-eclampsia is one of the common complications in pregnancy and it is one of three causes of maternal mortality. The major cause of death in pre-eclampsia is adding convulsion and change to eclampsia. My sulfate is choice drug for prevention of convulsion in pre-eclampsia. Another recommended drug is phenytoin. Each of these drugs have benefits and disadvantages. In this study by R.C.T procedure 60 pre-eclamptic patients divided in two randomized groups. 30 patients took phenytoin and 30 patients took Mg sulfate. In Mg sulfate group one case had convulsion (F. R 3.3%) and in phenytoin group, two cases had convulsion (F. R: 6.6%). There was no significant difference with X2 test between two drugs in anti-convulsion effect.
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