Corticosteroids and respiratory distress syndrome: status 1979.
Corticosteroids and respiratory distress syndrome: status 1979.
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皮质类固醇和呼吸窘迫综合征：1979 年状态。
DOI：
10.1542/peds.63.1.163
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发表时间：
1979
期刊：
影响因子：
8
通讯作者：
R. Ballard
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
P. Ballard;R. Ballard
The pioneering report of Liggins and Howie1 on the use of antepartum glucocorticoid treatment to prevent respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) appeared in this journal just over six years ago. Their article stimulated a number of subsequent investigations regarding the efficacy, safety, and mechanism of this prophylactic treatment. Publication of the articles by Papageorgiou et al2 and by Taeusch et al3 in this issue of Pediatrics, along with the recent report of Block et al,4 now provides three additional prospective, controlled trials with synthetic glucocorticoid, all of which confirm the observations of Liggins and Howie.1.5 In addition, a number of retrospective, nonblind studies also support the usefulness of prenatal steroid therapy.6-10
