A Timely Administration of Antenatal Steroids Is Highly Protective Against Intraventricular Hemorrhage: An Observational Multicenter Cohort Study of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

• Main Authors: Ingmar Fortmann (Author), Luisa Mertens (Author), Hannah Boeckel (Author), Berthold Grüttner (Author), Alexander Humberg (Author), Mariana Astiz (Author), Claudia Roll (Author), Isabell Rickleffs (Author), Achim Rody (Author), Christoph Härtel (Author), Egbert Herting (Author), Wolfgang Göpel (Author), Verena Bossung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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AimThe aim of the study is to evaluate the influence of the timing of antenatal steroids (ANSs) on neonatal outcome of very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) born before 30 weeks of gestation in the German Neonatal Network.MethodsThe German Neonatal Network is a large population-based cohort study en...