The effect of a single remote course versus weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids on functional residual capacity in preterm infants: A randomized trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 280-284

  McEvoy, Cindy ^a,b   Bowling, Susan ^a   Williamson, Kathleen ^a   Lozano, David ^a   Tolaymat, Lama ^a   Izquierdo, Luis ^a   Maher, James ^a   Helfgott, Andrew ^a  

^a Division of Neonatology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Functional residual capacity; Preterm infants; Respiratory compliance; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0036338927     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.2.280     Document Type: Article

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