Antenatal corticosteroids for fetal lung maturation in threatened preterm delivery: Indications and administration

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-281

  Surbek, Daniel ^a   Drack, Gero ^b   Irion, Olivier ^c   Nelle, Matthias ^a   Huang, Dorothy ^d   Hoesli, Irene ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenatal glucocorticoids; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TOCOLYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 84864459848     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2339-x     Document Type: Article

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