Late postnatal steroid treatment using oral betamethasone can help to close ductus arteriosus in extremely preterm infants who cannot be weaned from ventilation
• In extremely preterm infants still ventilated after 3 weeks of life and suffering from patent ductus arteriosus, treatment with oral betamethasone facilitated ventilatory weaning • Oral betamethasone treatment was associated with patent ductus arteriosus closure in almost all infants.
Authors
- Marine Vincent
- Jean‐Charles Picaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-6668)
- Blandine Pastor‐Diez
- Alain Rémy
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse (FR)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Laboratoire de recherche en cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05840-9
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.51
Funders
- Hospices Civils de Lyon