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Fetal maturation

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Fetal Maturation [2003]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Transplacental versus direct fetal corticosteroid treatment for accelerating fetal lung maturation where there is a risk of preterm birth
  • Repeat doses of prenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth for improving neonatal health outcomes
  • Different corticosteroids and regimens for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
  • Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth

• World Association of Perinatal Medicine
  • Guideline for the use of antenatal corticosteroids for fetal maturation [2008]

Malaysia

• Perinatal Society of Malaysia
  • Guideline on the use of Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent Respiratory Distress Syndrome [2001]

United Kingdom

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2010]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Antenatal Corticosteroids to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity [2010]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Fetal lung maturity. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2008]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Antenatal administration of corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth [2009]

Articles in journals

• Endocrine Reviews
  • Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Synthetic Glucocorticoids on Fetal, Newborn, and Infant Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function in Humans: A Systematic Review [2009]

• European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Prenatal glucocorticoids and long-term programming [2004]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Antenatal steroids in preterm labour for the prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of preterm birth [2010]

• Israel Medical Association Journal
  • Developmental Assessment of Prematurely Born Children Exposed to Antenatal Corticosteroids [2003]

• Journal of Endocrinology
  • Developmental regulation of the lung in preparation for life after birth: hormonal and nutritional manipulation of local glucocorticoid action and uncoupling protein-2 [2006]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • The Need to Go Beyond: Evaluating Antenatal Corticosteroid Trials With Long-Term Outcomes [2007]

• Journal of Physiology
  • Fetal exposure to corticosteroids: how low can we go? [2003]

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• Guidelines
  • Premature labor, preterm delivery
  • Obstetrics, perinatology
  • Newborn respiratory tract diseases