Peak Bone Mass After Exposure to Antenatal Betamethasone and Prematurity: Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Blood pressure at 6 years of age after prenatal exposure to betamethasone: follow-up results of a randomized, controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether prenatal exposure to betamethasone for the prevention of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) alters blood pressure in childhood. DESIGN Prospective follow-up study of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING National Women's Hospital (Auckland, New Zealand). PARTICIPANTS Two hundred twenty-three 6-year-old children of mothers wh...

Long term effects of antenatal betamethasone on lung function: 30 year follow up of a randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Antenatal betamethasone is routinely used for the prevention of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. However, little is known of the long term effects of exposure to antenatal betamethasone on lung function in adulthood. METHODS Five hundred and thirty four 30 year olds whose mothers had participated in the first and largest randomised controlled trial of ante...

Long-term effects of antenatal betamethasone on lung function: 30 year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial Authors

EPIDEMIOLOGY Long term effects of antenatal betamethasone on lung function: 30 year follow up of a randomised controlled trial

Background: Antenatal betamethasone is routinely used for the prevention of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. However, little is known of the long term effects of exposure to antenatal betamethasone on lung function in adulthood. Methods: Five hundred and thirty four 30 year olds whose mothers had participated in the first and largest randomised controlled trial of ante...

Single versus multiple courses of antenatal betamethasone and neonatal outcome: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES This study compared the beneficial and adverse neonatal effects of a single versus repeated courses of antenatal betamethasone. SETTING Tertiary care hospital DESIGN Open labeled, randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS Pregnant women (26-33 weeks) at risk of preterm delivery, who received one course of antenatal betamethasone and remained undelivered for 7 days. Those with u...