Effect of Single Dose Antenatal Betamethasone on Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity After Elective Cesarean

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    Makassed General Hospital
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Updated on 16 February 2024
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betamethasone
respiratory morbidity

Summary

Patients undergoing elective C-section will be randomized into two groups. The first group will receive one dose of Betamethasone at least 24 hours before scheduled C-section. The second group will receive placebo.

Description

This is a prospective double blinded randomized clinical trial. Patients will be randomized into two groups. Group A will receive one dose of Betamethasone at least 24 hours before scheduled C-section. Group B will receive placebo. The maternal and neonatal outcomes will be studied in order to assess the effect of Betamethasone on respiratory morbidity of the newborn infant.

Details
Condition Respiratory Morbidity
Age 17years - 45years
Treatment Placebo, Betamethasone
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04407975
SponsorMakassed General Hospital
Last Modified on16 February 2024

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Inclusion Criteria

women with singleton or multiple gestation
between 37 and 40 weeks of pregnancy (as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period)

Exclusion Criteria

any medical problem that could affect fetal well-being
evidence of intrauterine infection
oligohydramnios
fetal congenital malformations
preeclampsia
maternal hypertension
severe fetal rhesus sensitization
antepartum hemorrhage
Intrauterine growth restriction
preterm rupture of membranes
preterm delivery
previously received antenatal steroids less than one month ago
those who decline to participate in the study
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