Title: Long-Term Effects of Perinatal Glucocorticoid Treatment on the Heart
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Author(s): Willem B. de Vries, Matthijs F.M. van Oosterhout, Miriam P. Bal, Jan Baan, Cobi J. Heijnen and Frank van Bel
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Keywords:
chronic lung disease, betamethasone, hypertrophy, protein/DNA ratio, Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Abstract: Chronic lung disease in the extremely preterm baby is still a major complication in neonatal intensive care. Perinatal (ante- and neonatal) glucocorticoids are widely used to prevent severe infant respiratory distress syndrome and/or to reduce chronic lung disease respectively. A review of the literature regarding the cardiovascular side effects of antenatal and neonatal glucocorticoids is presented here.
