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Multiple betamethasone courses can guard lungs of preterm babies

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Repeated courses of steroids (betamethasone) when administered to nursing women during preterm labor may prove effective for improving survival rate of babies.
Sanjiv Amin, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical center and author of the study, was of the view that babies may go on ventilation when steroid treatment is avoided [...]