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Indian J Pediatr ; 1996 Sep-Oct; 63(5): 599-608
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-81458

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Antenatal corticosteroid administration has been unequivocally demonstrated to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. In addition to its well-documented role in reducing respiratory distress syndrome, evidence is accumulating indicating the global maturational effect of this therapy in the growing fetus. New data demonstrates, the hitherto relatively not well known, beneficial effects of this mode of therapy on renal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrinal and cerebral maturation. Despite its well proven efficacy and safety, this therapy is used only in a small fraction of eligible mothers. In this article, biological basis of antenatal steroids use, clinical benefits including those to extremely premature infants, indications for their administration, treatment regimens, practice variations in their administration, cost analysis, and some directions for future research are reviewed. It is hoped that given the evidence reviewed in this article, the use of antenatal steroids administration in proper clinical settings will increase with a significant impact in reducing the neonatal morbidity and mortality.


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Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Feminino , Maturidade dos Órgãos Fetais/efeitos dos fármacos , Glucocorticoides/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Gravidez , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido/mortalidade , Resultado do Tratamento
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