June 2021. Volume 17. Number 2

Antenatal steroids, are they as good as they seem?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Räikkönen K, Gissler M, Kajantie E. Associations between maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment and mental and behavioral disorders in children. JAMA. 2020;323:1924-33.

Reviewers: Ortega Páez E1, Ruiz-Canela Cáceres J2.
1Pediatra. UGC de Maracena. Distrito Granada-Metropolitano. Granada. España.
2Pediatra. Grupo de Pediatría Basada en la Evidencia. Sevilla. España.
Correspondence: Eduardo Ortega Páez. Email: edortegap@gmail.com
Reception date: 23/03/2021
Acceptance date: 12/04/2021
Publication date: 28/04/2021

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: in this population-based cohort study, exposure to maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment was significantly associated with mental and behavioral disorders in children. These findings may help inform decisions about maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment.

Reviewers’ conclusions: antenatal treatment with corticosteroids, in premature newborn children, has shown its short-term usefulness in reducing neonatal morbidity/mortality, but there are doubts about long-term alterations in neurodevelopment, which seem to be more evident in children born at term. It would be advisable to assess these aspects when giving antenatal corticosteroids to women at risk of preterm labor, especially in case of risk of late preterm birth.

How to cite this article

Ortega Páez E, Ruiz-Canela Cáceres J. Corticoides antenatales, ¿son tan buenos como parece? Evid Pediatr. 2021;17:20.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Räikkönen K, Gissler M, Kajantie E. Associations between maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment and mental and behavioral disorders in children. JAMA. 2020;323:1924-33.

Reviewers: Ortega Páez E1, Ruiz-Canela Cáceres J2.
1Pediatra. UGC de Maracena. Distrito Granada-Metropolitano. Granada. España.
2Pediatra. Grupo de Pediatría Basada en la Evidencia. Sevilla. España.
Correspondence: Eduardo Ortega Páez. Email: edortegap@gmail.com
Reception date: 23/03/2021
Acceptance date: 12/04/2021
Publication date: 28/04/2021

How to cite this article

Ortega Páez E, Ruiz-Canela Cáceres J. Corticoides antenatales, ¿son tan buenos como parece? Evid Pediatr. 2021;17:20.

28/04/2021

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