Outcomes at 2 years of age after repeat doses of antenatal corticosteroids

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1179-1189

  Crowther, Caroline A ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^b   Haslam, Ross R ^c   Hiller, Janet E ^a   Harding, Jane E ^d   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CELESTONE CHRONODOSE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548821642     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa071152     Document Type: Article

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