Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroid therapy in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-48

  Yang, Soon Ha ^a,b   Choi, Suk Joo ^a   Roh, Cheong Rae ^a   Kim, Jong Hwa ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy; Chorioamnionitis; Multiple courses; Neonatal outcome; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEFAZOLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; RITODRINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1442276347     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.007     Document Type: Article

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