Wednesday 03, Mar 2010
Multiple course steroid treatment protects lungs of preterm babies
Survival rate and lung functioning of preterm babies can improve when repeated courses of steroids are administered to their nursing mothers during preterm labor, as per a study. The study also noted that the use of steroids does not lead to brain damage to baby in womb as was thought previously.
Babies need to be placed on ventilation when steroid-based treatment is avoided or delayed, according to Sanjiv Amin, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical center and author of the study.
It was remarked by Amin that auditory brainstem evoked response or ABR can act as a window into children’s entire brain and there is no result that suggest that administration of multiple courses of betamethasone steroids do not lead to side effects on an infant’s brain.
Tags: ABR, auditory brainstem evoked response, betamethasone steroids, preterm labor, steroids
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