ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2013
Antenatal steroid exposure and pulmonary outcomes in adolescents born with very low birth weight.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Antenatal Corticosteroids: Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Questions-A Meta-Analysis.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration and Childhood Respiratory Morbidity: A Regression Discontinuity Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- The influence of prenatal dexamethasone administration before scheduled full-term cesarean delivery on short-term adverse neonatal outcomes: a retrospective single-center cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Forced expiratory flows and diffusion capacity in infants born from mothers with pre-eclampsia.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Article
- Are newborn outcomes different for term babies who were exposed to antenatal corticosteroids?American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
- Antenatal corticosteriods decrease forced vital capacity in infants born fullterm.Pediatric pulmonology · 2020Article
- Antenatal Steroid Exposure, Aerobic Fitness, and Physical Activity in Adolescents Born Preterm with Very Low Birth Weight.The Journal of pediatrics · 2019Observational
- Antenatal corticosteroids and cardiometabolic outcomes in adolescents born with very low birth weight.Pediatric research · 2017Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare asthma history and pulmonary function in adolescents born prematurely with very low birth weight with and without antenatal steroid exposure. STUDY
designWe studied 188 fourteen-year olds (94 exposed, 84 male). We used parent report to ascertain asthma and asthma-related symptoms and spirometry to assess pulmonary function. Steroid-exposed and -unexposed groups were compared using Mann-Whitney U-tests (continuous variables), χ(2) analysis (categorical variables) and logistic regression (multivariate analyses).
resultThe steroid-exposed group had greater prevalence of larger airway obstruction (35% vs 21%), and steroid-exposed adolescents with birth weights <1000 g had 4.5-fold higher odds of larger airway obstruction. Wheezing in the past 12 months was two times as prevalent in steroid-exposed adolescents with birth weights between 1000 and 1500 g.
conclusionAntenatal steroid exposure does not provide long-term benefits for pulmonary outcomes in adolescents born prematurely with very low birth weight in the era of surfactant therapy.
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