The association of histological chorioamnionitis and antenatal steroids on neonatal outcome in preterm infants born at less than thirty-four weeks' gestation

Neonatology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Ahn, Hye Mi ^a   Park, Eun Ae ^a   Cho, Su Jin ^a   Kim, Young Ju ^a   Park, Hye Sook ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antenatal steroids; Chorioamnionitis; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGICAL CHORIOAMNIONITIS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS;

EID: 84865056670     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339577     Document Type: Article

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