Effects of antenatal corticosteroids on neonatal outcomes in very-low-birth-weight preterm newborns: A 10-year retrospective study in a medical center

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Wang, Ya Chen ^a,b,c   Tseng, Hsing I ^a   Yang, San Nan ^a,c   Lu, Chu Chong ^a   Wu, Jiunn Ren ^a,d   Dai, Zen Kong ^a,d   Hsu, Jong Hau ^a,c,d   Chen, Hsiu Lin ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

antenatal corticosteroids; patent ductus arteriosus; prematurity; respiratory distress syndrome; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863615087     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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