Repeated antenatal corticosteroid treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 719-727

  Peltoniemi, Outi M ^a   Kari, M Anneli ^b   Hallman, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenatal period; Betamethasone; Corticosteroid; Meta analysis; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BETAMETHASONE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79959846646     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01132.x     Document Type: Review

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