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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2020

2. Antenatal and Neonatal Endocrinology

Fetal and Neonatal Cortisol Physiology

ey0017.2-20 | Fetal and Neonatal Cortisol Physiology | ESPEYB17

2.20. Complications of antenatal corticosteroids in infants born by early term scheduled cesarean section

K Gupta , R Rajagopal , F King , D Simmons

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2020 Apr;43(4):906–908. doi: 10.2337/dc19-2126. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31974101Antenatal corticosteroid administration prior to planned cesarean section in early labour reduces by >50% the risk of admission to the neonatal intensive care unit for respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnea of the newborn. However, among pregnant women wit...