From then on, many trials have been carried out to establish the clinical response of different schemes using aspirin, corticosteroids and adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Increased mortality was associated with use of oral corticosteroids, poor physical performance and female gender.
Rapid tapering of oral corticosteroids leads to flare-ups requiring larger doses for s ymptom control.
Also, 31 of the patients are now regularly using inhaled corticosteroids and four are using them sporadically.
Advances include the use of antenatal corticosteroids, surfactant therapy, and new approaches to ventilation with the use of less invasive techniques.
Bene®cial effects of the combined use of prenatal corticosteroids and postnatal surfactant on preterm infants.
There has been uncertainty regarding the safety of corticosteroids in the presence of infection.
Repeated prenatal corticosteroids delay myelination in the ovine central nervous system.
