Steroids in full term infants with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension due to meconium aspiration syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-153

  Da Costa, David Eustace ^a   Nair, Arun Kumar ^a   Pai, Mangalore Govind ^a   Al Khusaiby, Saleh Mohammed ^a  

^a NONE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STEROID THERAPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; OMAN; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0035098785     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310000678     Document Type: Article

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