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ArticleThe Lancet. Global health2022

Updated WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic therapy for improving preterm birth outcomes.

Joshua P Vogel, Jennifer Ramson, Gary L Darmstadt, Zahida P Qureshi, Doris Chou, Rajiv Bahl, Olufemi T Oladapo

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Article in The Lancet. Global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  4. International disparities in use of antenatal magnesium sulfate and antenatal steroids for the preterm baby.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  15. Prenatal dexamethasone programs autonomic dysregulation in female rats.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joshua P VogelMaternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Electronic address: joshua.vogel@burnet.edu.au.
Jennifer RamsonMaternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Gary L DarmstadtPrematurity Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Zahida P QureshiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Doris ChouUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Rajiv BahlDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Olufemi T OladapoUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Premature BirthTocolysisAdrenal Cortex HormonesFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyWorld Health OrganizationAdrenal Cortex Hormones

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PMID36400080
PMCPMC9681658

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