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- Published on: 9 January 2022
- Published on: 9 January 2022Dexamethasone, survival and neurological impairmentDear Editor,Show More
Professor Pharoah questions whether the increased rate of cerebral palsy among newborn infants who were randomly allocated early postnatal dexamethasone therapy in the trial by Shinwell et al[1] might be because dexamethasone increased survival of infants who were impaired before birth, and not because dexamethasone caused cerebral impairment.
However, two recent systematic reviews of randomise...
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