Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews· 2017
Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
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A single course of antenatal corticosteroids significantly reduces perinatal death (RR 0.72), neonatal death (RR 0.69), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (RR 0.66), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) (RR 0.55), and necrotizing enterocolitis (RR 0.50) in infants born prematurely.
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