High dose intravenous magnesium drip may help patients with aneurysmal SAH

There was a significant decrease in delayed ischemic infarction in the group that was treated with a high dose magnesium drip to keep the serum magnesium level between 2 and 2.5. There was no statistically significant difference in mortality or GCS, although there was a suggestion to that effect. The morbidity of giving magnesium was nil, and it may help.