| pubmed-article:7202991 | pubmed:abstractText | From January 1978 to December 1979 cortico-steroids to improve prenatal pulmonary maturity were administered to 174 patients. Patients with additional factors to accelerate pulmonary maturity or patients with additional factors to pre-dispose to pulmonary asphyxia during labor were not evaluated. 43 patients who delivered 47 children were studied. The cortico-steroid treatment and delay of delivery for over 48 hours improved the survival chances of the pre-mature infants. Following the administration of 4 times 2 mg beta-methasone-phosphate 26.7% of the infants had respiratory distress syndrome whereas no respiratory distress syndrome was found after 4 times 4 mg of beta-methasone-phosphate. | lld:pubmed |
