Availability and use of magnesium sulphate at health care facilities in two selected districts of North Karnataka, India

• Main Authors: Geetanjali Katageri (Author), Umesh Charantimath (Author), Anjali Joshi (Author), Marianne Vidler (Author), Umesh Ramadurg (Author), Sumedha Sharma (Author), Sheshidhar Bannale (Author), Beth A. Payne (Author), Sangamesh Rakaraddi (Author), Chandrashekhar Karadiguddi (Author), Geetanjali Mungarwadi (Author), Avinash Kavi (Author), Diane Sawchuck (Author), Richard Derman (Author), Shivaprasad Goudar (Author), Ashalata Mallapur (Author), Mrutyunjaya Bellad (Author), Laura A. Magee (Author), Rahat Qureshi (Author), Peter von Dadelszen (Author), the Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Magnesium sulphate is accepted as the anticonvulsant of choice in these conditions and is present on the WHO essential medicines list and the Indian National List of Essential Medicines, 2015. Despi...