A controlled trial of antepartum glucocorticoid treatment for prevention of the respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants

Pediatrics. 1972 Oct;50(4):515-25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Betamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Cortisone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hyaline Membrane Disease / mortality
  • Hyaline Membrane Disease / prevention & control*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / embryology
  • Male
  • Obstetric Labor, Premature
  • Pregnancy
  • Pulmonary Surfactants / biosynthesis
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / mortality
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / prevention & control*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Pulmonary Surfactants
  • Betamethasone
  • Cortisone