Open AccessPostnatal Hydrocortisone for Preventing or Treating Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Lex W. Doyle,
Richard A. Ehrenkranz,
Henry L. Halliday
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000279992
Subject(s) - bronchopulmonary dysplasia , medicine , hydrocortisone , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , clinical trial , gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Corticosteroids have been used widely after birth in preterm infants with respiratory failure; hydrocortisone may be preferable to other corticosteroids for this purpose.
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