Neonatal outcome according to antenatal glucocorticoid treatment by cause of preterm delivery
| RDS | BPD at 28 days | BPD at 36 weeks | Hospital death | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | p Value | % | p Value | % | p Value | % | p Value | |
| BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction; PROM, prolonged rupture of the membranes; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome. | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 285) | 58.2 | 29.9 | 11.7 | 19.6 | ||||
| Treated (n = 385) | 43.1 | 0.001 | 23.1 | 0.07 | 8.5 | 0.21 | 12.7 | 0.004 |
| Chorioamnionitis | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 52) | 34.6 | 29.5 | 15.9 | 15.4 | ||||
| Treated (n = 45) | 40.0 | 0.58 | 30.0 | 0.96 | 13.2 | 0.72 | 15.6 | 0.98 |
| PROM | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 61) | 45.9 | 28.3 | 8.7 | 24.6 | ||||
| Treated (n = 141) | 27.7 | 0.01 | 18.5 | 0.17 | 8.2 | 0.92 | 13.5 | 0.05 |
| Pre-eclampsia | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 42) | 85.7 | 27.8 | 5.6 | 14.3 | ||||
| Treated (n = 40) | 65.0 | 0.03 | 28.9 | 0.91 | 8.3 | 0.64 | 12.5 | 0.81 |
| IUGR | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 55) | 63.6 | 37.8 | 22.7 | 21.8 | ||||
| Treated (n = 96) | 51.0 | 0.13 | 26.4 | 0.18 | 10.5 | 0.06 | 12.5 | 0.13 |
| Other | ||||||||
| Not treated (n = 75) | 65.3 | 26.7 | 6.7 | 20.0 | ||||
| Treated (n = 63) | 54.0 | 0.17 | 19.0 | 0.32 | 3.5 | 0.44 | 9.5 | 0.09 |