Postnatal dexamethasone, respiratory and neurodevelopmental outcomes at two years in babies born extremely preterm.

Postnatal dexamethasone is associated with reduction in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. There remains, however, concern that its short-term benefits are accompanied by long-term adverse effects e.g. poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes.Our aim was to determine the effects of administration of postnatal de...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gordon Qin, Jessica W Lo, Neil Marlow, Sandy A Calvert, Anne Greenough, Janet L Peacock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5517008?pdf=render