PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rausch, Paula
ED  - Saver, Jeffrey L.
TI  - Paramedic Delivery of Magnesium Does Not Improve Outcomes in Patients with Acute Stroke
DP  - 2014 Jul 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 8--8
VI  - 14
IP  - 6
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/6/8.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/6/8.full
AB  - Early intervention is critical in patients with acute stroke, and there is a narrow time frame in which to pursue acute therapies [Saver JL. Stroke 2006; Saver JL et al. JAMA 2013]. Approximately 35% to 70% of patients with stroke arrive by ambulance. This article presents results from the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy—Magnesium (FAST-MAG) trial, a prehospital, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled efficacy study whose aim was to test whether intravenous magnesium sulfate given within 2 hours of symptom onset improves the outcomes of patients with acute stroke.