ANTENATAL TREATMENT WITH THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (TRH) FOR PREVENTION OF NEWBORN LUNG DISEASE
Ballard P, Ballard R, Creasy R, Gross I, Padbury J. ANTENATAL TREATMENT WITH THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (TRH) FOR PREVENTION OF NEWBORN LUNG DISEASE. Pediatric Research 1992, 32: 635-635. DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199211000-00183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThyrotropin-Releasing HormoneChronic lung diseaseLung diseaseThyroid hormonesTRH therapyBirth weightFetal thyroid hormonesNewborn lung diseasePrenatal corticosteroid therapyLow birth weightPituitary-thyroid functionCord TSHCorticosteroid therapyAntenatal treatmentPreterm deliveryPremature infantsWk gestationFree T4Cord bloodSustained elevationReleasing HormoneSevere diseaseInfantsMaternal plasmaDiseaseRespiratory disease in very-low-birthweight infants after prenatal thyrotropin-releasing hormone and glucocorticoid
Ballard R, Ballard P, Bracken M, Moya F, Gross I, Creasy K, Padbury J, Polk D. Respiratory disease in very-low-birthweight infants after prenatal thyrotropin-releasing hormone and glucocorticoid. The Lancet 1992, 339: 510-515. PMID: 1346877, DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)90337-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetamethasoneChronic DiseaseDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornInfant, Premature, DiseasesLung DiseasesMalePregnancyPrenatal CareRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory Distress Syndrome, NewbornRisk FactorsThyrotropin-Releasing HormoneConceptsChronic lung diseaseThyrotropin-releasing hormoneRespiratory distress syndromePrenatal thyrotropin-releasing hormoneDistress syndromePostconceptional ageBirthweight infantsLung diseaseSevere respiratory distress syndromeSteroid-alone groupNeonatal respiratory morbidityComplications of prematurityUnadjusted relative riskPrenatal glucocorticoid treatmentWeeks postconceptional ageTRH therapyPreterm deliveryRespiratory morbidityWeeks' gestationGlucocorticoid treatmentNeonatal periodAdverse outcomesTotal incidencePrenatal treatmentRelative risk