Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Review Meta Analysis
Intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate for acute asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis.
To estimate the effect of intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate upon hospital admissions and pulmonary function in adults and children with acute asthma. ⋯ Intravenous magnesium sulphate appears to be an effective treatment in children. Further trials are needed of intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate in adults and nebulised magnesium sulphate in children.