2. Optimizing respiratory support in preterm
infants
2.1. Antenatal period
2.1.1. Antenatal steroids
Over the ensuing 20 years, multiple clinical investigations
have documented the effectiveness of antenatal steroids on
fetal lung maturation. A 2006 Cochrane review of 21 Randomized
control trials ( RCT’s) involving more than 4269 infants,
reported a reduced risk of neonatal death, respiratory
distress syndrome (RDS), and intra-ventricular hemorrhage
(IVH) with a single course of antenatal steroids, and a strong