Growth in the neonatal period after repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids: data from the ACTORDS randomised trial

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Growth in the neonatal period after repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids: data from the ACTORDS randomised trial

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Objective To determine the effect of repeated antenatal corticosteroids on postnatal changes in weight, linear growth and head circumference. Methods Mothers who entered the repeated dose of antenatal steroids (ACTORDS) trial were randomised to additional weekly steroid or placebo. Infant occipital-frontal head circumference, weight and crown-heel length were measured at birth and weekly for 4 weeks or until discharge, whichever was later. Lower leg length was measured using a knemometer dail...

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2012-03

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Battin, Malcolm / Bevan, C / Harding, Jane

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21270

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Anthropometry / Betamethasone / Birth Weight / Body Height / Cephalometry / Drug Administration Schedule / Female / Gestational Age / Glucocorticoids / Growth / Head / Humans / Infant, Newborn / Infant, Premature / Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Obstetric Labor, Premature / Pregnancy / Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Weight Gain

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