A client who received intravenous magnesium sulfate for preeclampsia gives birth. What clinical finding in the newborn indicates to the nurse that magnesium sulfate toxicity may have occurred?
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Magnesium sulfate is used in pregnant women to prevent seizures associated with preeclampsia, but it can cross the placenta and affect the newborn. Show more…
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