Antenatal betamethasone and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress after elective caesarean section: pragmatic randomised trial

R Stutchfield, P; Whitaker, Rhiannon; Russell, Ian

doi:10.1136/bmj.38547.416493.06

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Antenatal betamethasone and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress after elective caesarean section: pragmatic randomised trial

Published in BMJ • Aug 22, 2005

Authors:

P R Stutchfield

Rhiannon Whitaker

Ian Russell

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test whether steroids reduce respiratory distress in babies born by elective caesarean section at term. DESIGN: Multicentre pragmatic randomised trial. SETTING: 10 maternity units. PARTICIPANTS: 998 consenting women randomised at decision to deliver by elective caesarean section; 503 r...

Subject

Medicine

Respiratory distress

Caesarean section

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