Elucidating the Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids in the Late Preterm Period.

ABSTRACT:

Aim and objective

To determine the efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids given in the late preterm period.

Methodology

We conducted a retrospective case-control study on patients with singleton pregnancies who were at a risk of delivering in the late preterm period (34 weeks to 36 weeks 6 days). A total of 126 patients who had received antenatal corticosteroids (prenatal administration of either betamethasone or dexamethasone, minimum one dose) during the late preterm period were taken as cases, and 135 patients who had not received steroids antenatally due to various reasons, for example, who were clinically unstable, presented with active bleeding, non-reassuring foetal status that obligated an imminent delivery and those in active labour were included as controls. The var

SUBMITTER: Upadhya R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature