title: An update on the impact of postnatal systemic corticosteroids on mortality and cerebral palsy in preterm infants: effect modification by risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
abstract: Infants at higher risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia had increased rates of survival free of cerebral palsy after postnatal corticosteroid treatment in a previous metaregression of data from 14 randomized controlled trials. The relationship persists and is stronger in an updated analysis with data from 20 randomized controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Center, Parkville, Australia. Electronic address: lwd@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Lex W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Henry L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ehrenkranz
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Center, Parkville, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Emeritus, Departments of Pediatrics, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D006801:Humans; D007234:Infant, Premature; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones