magnesium sulfate infusion during eclampsia question

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I am studying nursing interventions as what to do if my patient is receiving mag sulfate. I would 1. Check v/s q 5~15 mins during initial dose then q30~60 mins during infusion 2. Check accurate I an o 3. Assess deep tendon reflexes....heres my question do we want the deep tendon reflexes to be hyper...as I am understanding diminished is bad..please clarify thank you

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It seems you may have missed some areas in the magnesium realm and that may help you answer your own question. What are you trying to achieve using magnesium on pre-eclamptics. If hyporeactive is bad, and hyper is bad, what is your choice and why. What is the ultimate goal of mag therapy? I would have to believe there is a text book or other resource that could map this out for you. If you haven't guessed by now, i just hate to give the answers away after I have done all the work (and my ambien is kicking in and I am feeling feisty). why not look for other reflexive behaviors llke breathing.....

I am going to stop here before i annoy someone. I really really do believe you can find his answer in a book.

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Look at the side effects of mag and then you want to prevent those. Also why was the pt out on mag? You want those symptoms and labs under control.

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