Outcomes at School Age after Postnatal Dexamethasone Therapy for Lung Disease of Prematurity

F. Yeh, Tsu; J. Lin, Yuh; Chih Lin, Hung; Huang, Chao; Hsieh, Wu‐Shiun; Her Lin, Chyi; H. Tsai, Cheng

doi:10.1056/nejmoa032089

Public

Outcomes at School Age after Postnatal Dexamethasone Therapy for Lung Disease of Prematurity

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 24, 2004

Authors:

Tsu F. Yeh

Yuh J. Lin

Hung Chih Lin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We studied the outcomes at school age in children who had participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of early postnatal dexamethasone therapy (initiated within 12 hours after birth) for the prevention of chronic lung disease of prematurity. METHODS: Of the 262 children incl...

Subject

Medicine

Dexamethasone

Respiratory distress

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!