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Should You Give Magnesium Sulfate?
The odds of hospitalization with magnesium were about nine to ten times higher compared to no magnesium. The half life of max self is about an hour and a half or so roughly speaking, so you have to give it at least two hours, three hours to observe them. So yes, so to answer your question, should you give magnesium sulfate? There is no good reason not to if you feel clinically speaking, the chart is sick enough to actually require it clinically.
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