title: Controversy: antenatal steroids.
abstract: There is no controversy that women at risk of preterm delivery before 32 to 34 weeks' gestational age should be treated with antenatal steroids. Three recent meta-analyses by the Cochrane Collaboration on the benefits of antenatal steroids, the choice of steroid and dosing, and repeat doses of corticosteroids comprehensively summarize the available clinical information to about 2007. However, there are many unanswered questions about which steroid and dose to use and about their use in selected populations. This review focuses on those areas of uncertainty.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors: Ronald
authors: R
authors: Wapner
authors: Alan H
authors: AH
authors: Jobe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids