Respiratory medicine
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Respiratory medicine · Mar 2013
Review Meta AnalysisIntravenous and nebulized magnesium sulfate for treating acute asthma in adults and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the effects of intravenous and nebulized magnesium sulfate on treating adults and children with acute asthma. ⋯ The use of intravenous magnesium sulfate, in addition to β2-agonists and systemic steroids, in the treatment of acute asthma appears to produce benefits with respect to improve pulmonary function and reduce the number of hospital admissions for children, and only improve pulmonary function for adults. However, the use of nebulized magnesium sulfate just appears to produce benefits for adults.