Study of Perinatal Outcome in Premature Babies with Complete and Incomplete Course of Antenatal Corticosteroids

Abstract

The rate of preterm birth sweeps from 5-18% across 184 countries. India has a lofty number of preterm births as well as neonatal deaths due to prematurity. Preterm birth is a risk factor in at least 50% of all neonatal deaths and is the second most common cause of death (after pneumonia) among children under the age of five. In the Indian context, many pregnant women are registered late or are referred to a peripheral center when a preterm delivery is suspected. Many receive an incomplete course (only one dose) of corticosteroids. Therefore, in this proximity of the truncation researcher’s attempt to analyze the efficacy of a single dose, to see whether it is as good as two doses in averting impediment, especially RDS in preterm babies. This study aims to determine the differences in survival and short-term morbidity in neonates receiving an incomplete course (one dose) of steroids in comparison to those receiving a complete course (two doses) and to know the relation between co-morbidity with respect to those receiving a complete course of drug (two doses). The study depicts that RDS more common in premature babies who did not receive ANCS that who did. It also shows that requirement of surfactant and no. of doses of surfactant less in babies who received ANCS than babies who did not.