Effect of Antenatal Steroid on Pulmonary Artery Blood Flow

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of administering antenatal steroids in term fetuses on the blood flow in the fetal pulmonary artery, and to correlate these findings with clinical data obtained after birth documenting respiratory disorders.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kasr El Aini Hospital
• Treatments: Betamethasone; Betamethasone benzoate; Betamethasone sodium phosphate; Betamethasone Valerate; Betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• indication for elective caesarean section.

• 37weeks +6days

Exclusion Criteria:

• hypertensive

• diabetic

• any disorder that may be aggravated by administration of steroids

• women with systemic infection including tuberculosis or sepsis

• any fetal congenital anomalies (affecting the fetal heart, lungs, and circulation)

• history of rupture membranes, or suspected chorioamnionitis

• intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)

• intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD).