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Trends in receipt of single and repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroid administration among preterm and term births: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Grzeskowiak Luke E.,
Grivell Rosalie M.,
Mol Ben W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12657
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , gestation , caesarean section , relative risk , cohort , cohort study , receipt , obstetrics , pregnancy , pediatrics , confidence interval , genetics , world wide web , computer science , biology
Aim To investigate trends in receipt and timing of antenatal corticosteroid ( ACS ) administration over a ten‐year interval. Methods Retrospective cohort study of all live births from 2006 to 2015 occurring at a tertiary level teaching hospital in Adelaide, Australia. We analysed temporal trends in the receipt of single courses and repeat doses of ACS s, according to administration timing prior to birth. The main outcome measures were receipt of a single course of ACS and whether administration was ‘Optimal’ (≥24 h to