Factors associated with the response to postnatal dexamethasone use in very low birthweight infants: a nationwide cohort study

• Main Authors: Soon Min Lee (Author), Min Soo Park (Author), So Jin Yoon (Author), In Gyu Song (Author), Seung Hwan Baek (Author), Jeong Eun Shin (Author), Jungho Han (Author), Joonsik Park (Author), Su Min Lee (Author), Sungbo Shim (Author), Ho Seon Eun (Author), Joohee Lim (Author), Wook Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Dexamethasone is widely used as a systemic corticosteroid to treat and prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. We evaluated the current epidemiology of dexamethasone use to prevent BPD and analyse the factors associated with the response to dexamethasone in very low b...