Papers/PMID:23728634
Magnesium maintenance therapy for preventing preterm birth after threatened preterm labour.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2013The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
magnesium(2+) — no detected effect on preterm birth incidence
PreliminaryGrade D, Preliminary. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull result“No differences in the incidence of preterm birth or perinatal mortality were seen when magnesium maintenance therapy was compared with placebo or no treatment; or alternative therapies (ritodrine or terbutaline).”
Quoted verbatim from Magnesium maintenance therapy for preventing preterm birth after threatened preterm labour.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- women with threatened preterm labour previously arrested by initial tocolysis, given magnesium maintenance therapy versus placebo/no treatment or versus alternative tocolytics (ritodrine or terbutaline) (Cochrane review of 4 RCTs, 422 women)
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