How Corticosteroids Can Increase Preterm Infant Survival

Corticosteroid drugs on pregnant women who face preterm delivery could help in preventing infant death and morbidity. The survival rate and health gains for preterm infants were found to increase in preterm infants within hours, suggests a study by a research team from Karolinska Institutet with colleagues in the European EPICE Project.

Corticostheroids to increase preterm infant survival
- Preterm babies are born within 37 weeks of pregnancy
- Carticostheroid treatment could improve the survival rate of preterm infants within hours

Corticosteroid Treatment Improves Survival Rate of Preterm Infants

Preterm birth occurs when the mother delivers the baby within 37 weeks of pregnancy. Corticosteroid drugs found to increase the infant's survival within hours. Read More

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