Postnatal betamethasone vs dexamethasone in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A pilot study

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-304

  DeCastro, M ^a   El Khoury, N ^b   Parton, L ^a   Ballabh, P ^a   LaGamma, E F ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; SEPSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 63649109906     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.194     Document Type: Article

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