Role of early postnatal dexamethasone in respiratory distress syndrome

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Mukhopadhyay, Kanya ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Narang, Anil ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alveolar arterial oxygen gradient; C reactive protein; Fraction of inspired oxygen; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUGS; INDIA; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PULMONARY EFFECTS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SOUTHERN ASIA; TREATMENT; YOUTH;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031914776     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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