COMPARATIVE VALUES OF MAGNESIUM SULPHATE AND SODIUM CHLORID
- 8 March 1924
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 82 (10) , 766-769
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02650360008003
Abstract
The value of hypertonic salt solution for the relief of intracranial tension has been well established, based on experimental work of Weed and McKibbon,1and its clinical application as shown by Foley and Putnam,2Downman3and me.4It has been found to be indispensable for the treatment of cases in which cerebrospinal pressure is increased, owing to acute or chronic lesions within the cranial cavity. Magnesium sulphate and sodium chlorid solutions, by bowel, for the relief of intracranial tension have been in use in this clinic for the last two years. An opportunity to observe and compare their relative values and merits has been afforded: we have come to rely on the use of magnesium sulphate in preference to that of sodium chlorid excepting only in cases in which the tension of the brain, during operative procedure, necessitates immediate reduction of brain volume. Here the injectionThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: