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Magnesium Mama and the Mad Dad

Magnesium sulfate, propofol, remifentanil, vecuronium

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A Case Approach to Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions

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This case discusses pharmacodynamic drug–drug interactions between magnesium sulfate and intravenous anesthetics and between magnesium sulfate and vecuronium. Additional information regarding the use of magnesium for perioperative patients is presented.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Ana Maria Manrique MD

  2. Anesthesia Services Department, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Catherine Marcucci MD

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Kathirvel Subramaniam MD

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Anesthesia Services Department, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Med Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Catherine Marcucci MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Michael P. Hutchens MD

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Erica D. Wittwer MD, PhD , Toby N. Weingarten MD , Juraj Sprung MD, PhD  & Wayne T. Nicholson MD, PharmD, MSc , ,  & 

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Kirk Lalwani MD

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Med Liliane S. Kaufmann Building, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    David G. Metro MD

  6. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Randal O. Dull MD, PhD

  7. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Christopher E. Swide MD

  8. Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    F. Jacob Seagull PhD

  9. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch MD (Professor and Chair) (Professor and Chair)

  10. Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical System VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Neil B. Sandson MD

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Manrique, A.M., Marcucci, C., Subramaniam, K. (2015). Magnesium Mama and the Mad Dad. In: Marcucci, C., et al. A Case Approach to Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7495-1_34

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