Antenatal Rescue Course of Glucocorticoids in Threatened Premature Birth
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Administration of steroid to the mother in imminent preterm delivery is a known effective
practice to decrease the risk of respiratory distress syndrome and intraventricular
haemorrhage in preterm infants if given with a week of the preterm delivery. This randomized
clinical trial is performed to test the possibility whether the repeat dose of steroid
results in further reduction of these diseases in case the mother is in imminent preterm
delivery more than a week after the first antenatal steroid treatment.