Antenatal dexamethasone use and respiratory distress in late preterm infants: results from first Vietnamese matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is one of the leading causes of early neonatal morbidity and mortality in late preterm infants (LPIs) worldwide. This matched cohort study aimed to assess how the antenatal dexamethasone use affect the respiratory distress (RD) proportion in preterm newborns between 34 0/7 weeks and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study on 78 women with singleton pregnancy who were in threatened preterm birth and had not received prior dexamethasone, who were admitted between 34 0/7 weeks and 36 6/7 weeks at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital from June 2018 to May 2020. The matched control group without dexamethasone use included 78 pregnant women diagnosed with threatened late preterm births who we

SUBMITTER: Ho TTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8349074 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature