The gestational effect of antenatal corticosteroids on respiratory distress syndrome in very low birth weight infants: A  population-based study.

CONCLUSION: For VLBW infants with RDS at 34 weeks' gestation and more, the beneficial effect of antenatal corticosteroids on preventing surfactant use was not evident. In conclusion, completion of two doses or more of antenatal corticosteroids is of great importance for VLBW infants with RDS at gestational age between 26 and 33 weeks on preventing surfactant use.
PMID: 31761503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - November 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Liu SY, Yang HI, Chen CY, Chou HC, Hsieh WS, Tsou KI, Tsao PN, Taiwan Premature Infant Follow-up Network Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research