Should we be prescribing repeated courses of antenatal corticosteroids?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Newnham, John P ^a   Jobe, Alan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Myelination; Preterm birth; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANADA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUNG; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 63149123522     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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