478: Impact of late preterm steroid guidelines on antenatal steroid use

Costs of hospitalization in preterm infants: impact of antenatal steroid therapy.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the costs of hospitalization in premature infants exposed or not to antenatal corticosteroids (ACS). METHOD Retrospective cohort analysis of premature infants with gestational age of 26-32 weeks without congenital malformations, born between January of 2006 and December of 2009 in a tertiary, public university hospital. Maternal and neonatal demographic data, neonatal mo...

Does antenatal Betamethasone improve neonatal outcome in late preterm births?

Background and Objective: Preterm birth is a public health problem and late preterm birth (deliveries between 34-36 weeks of gestation) accounts for 75% of all preterm births. Antenatal Betamethasone can reduce the severity of respiratory distress in preterm infants and its effect is accepted in 24-34 weeks of gestation. Our goal was to determine the neonatal outcomes of Betamethasone prescr...

Does antenatal Betamethasone improve neonatal outcome in late preterm births?

Introduction: Preterm birth is a public health problem and late preterm birth (deliveries between 34-36 weeks of gestation) accounts for 75% of all preterm births. Antenatal Betamethasone can reduce the severity of respiratory distress in preterm infants and its effect is accepted in 24-34 weeks of gestation. Our goal was to determine the neonatal outcomes of Betamethasone prescription in late ...

the efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy in preterm neonates in shariati hospital

the newborn who is born before terms is a candidate for the development of idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome. the intense hypoxia and acidosis that ensue as the consequence of inadequate alveolar-capillary exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxid may prove fatal antenatal steroid therapy can affect rds (respiratory distress syndrom) and its complications. the newborn before 34 weeks have a s...

DTP immunisation of steroid treated preterm infants.