Antenatal betamethasone and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress after elective caesarean section: Pragmatic randomised trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7518, 2005, Pages 662-664

  Stutchfield, Peter ^a   Whitaker, Rhiannon ^b   Russell, Ian ^b  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPNEA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BETAMETHASONE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 25144502474     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38547.416493.06     Document Type: Article

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