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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Exposure to any antenatal corticosteroids and outcomes in preterm infants by gestational age: prospective cohort study.

Colm P Travers, Reese H Clark, Alan R Spitzer, Abhik Das, Thomas J Garite, Waldemar A Carlo

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Gestational age-specific effects of antenatal corticosteroids on early physiologic vulnerability and neonatal outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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  7. Association between in vitro fertilization and severe neonatal morbidity.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026
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  13. Perinatal Neuroprotection in Preterm Birth.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025
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  15. Considerations for obstetric management of births 22-25 weeks' gestation.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Colm P TraversDivision of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Reese H ClarkCenter for Research, Education, and Quality, Pediatrix Medical Group and MEDNAX, Sunrise, FL, USA.
Alan R SpitzerCenter for Research, Education, and Quality, Pediatrix Medical Group and MEDNAX, Sunrise, FL, USA.
Abhik DasSocial, Statistical and Environmental Sciences Unit, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Thomas J GariteCenter for Research, Education, and Quality, Pediatrix Medical Group and MEDNAX, Sunrise, FL, USA.
Waldemar A CarloDivision of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.

Funding

UAB Health Services Research (HSR) Training ProgramT32HS013852 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LEVITAN, EMILY B, MUGAVERO, MICHAEL J · 2003 to 2024
$8.0M
AHRQ HHS T32 HS013852
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Gestational AgePrenatal CareAdrenal Cortex HormonesBirth WeightFemaleHumansInfantInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMalePregnancyProspective StudiesUnited StatesAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID28351838
PMCPMC5373674

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