Does the use of antenatal corticosteroids reduce respiratory morbidity in babies born in late preterm period?
- Conditions
- Respiratory
- Registration Number
- PACTR202304579281358
- Lead Sponsor
- Shittu khadijah
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 286
All consenting pregnant women at the General Hospital Ifako Ijaye with gestational age between 34+0 and 36+6 weeks, who were at high risk of delivering before 37 weeks.
A high probability of preterm delivery includes;
Women with intact membranes and at least 3 cm dilation or 75% effacement of the cervix
Spontaneous rupture of the membranes
Expected preterm delivery for any other indication by induction of labour or caesarean section.
All pregnant women with multiple pregnancy;
Suspected or diagnosed major congenital malformations;
Uncertain gestational age
Clinical evidence of chorioamnionitis;
Previous corticosteroid use during the antenatal period
A woman who is expected to deliver in less than 12 hours.
Women who were discharged from the hospital while still pregnant and who went on to deliver elsewhere were excluded from the study after randomization.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method