Effect of antenatal corticosteroid treatment on lung function in full-term newborn infants

Neonatology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-36

  Hjalmarson, Ola ^a,b   Sandberg, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional residual capacity; Lung function test; Maternal corticosteroid treatment; Mechanics of breathing; Moment ratio; Newborn infant

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS MIXING; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 78650647781     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320727     Document Type: Article

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