LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Year : 2011  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 163-164

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Geeta Gathwala, Atul Khera, Jagjit Singh
Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Services Division, Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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13-Feb-2012

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Geeta Gathwala
6J/8, Medical Enclave, Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak - 124 001, Haryana
India

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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.92862

How to cite this article: Gathwala G, Khera A, Singh J. Response. J Pediatr Neurosci 2011;6:163-4

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Thank you for your comments ^[1] and interest in the article. ^[2] Severity of Asphyxia, whatever the cause, is the most important determinant for the outcome of asphyxia.

Magnesium has been studied rather well in the treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in a newborn and there are several reports on its safety in severe asphyxia, including one by us. ^{[3],[4],[5],[6]}

Certainly magnesium given to the mother crosses the placenta and is likely to affect the fetus. Magnesium has been used in the treatment of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) in the mother for long, and reportedly, the asphyxiated infants of these mothers had a more favorable outcome than those with no Mg. It is a good suggestion to study the outcome of asphyxia in neonates where Mg has been administered to the mothers. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) that studied the effect of magnesium sulfate given for neuroprotection before preterm birth, reported an improvement in the neurological outcome, with reduced rates of cerebral palsy. ^[7]

 

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