A population-based, multifaceted strategy to implement antenatal corticosteroid treatment versus standard care for the reduction of neonatal mortality due to preterm birth in low-income and middle-income countries: the ACT cluster-randomised trial

Autor: Althabe, Fernando, Belizán, José M, McClure, Elizabeth M, Hemingway-Foday, Jennifer, Berrueta, Mabel, Mazzoni, Agustina, Ciganda, Alvaro, Goudar, Shivaprasad S, Kodkany, Bhalachandra S, Mahantshetti, Niranjana S, Dhaded, Sangappa M, Katageri, Geetanjali M, Metgud, Mrityunjay C, Joshi, Anjali M, Bellad, Mrutyunjaya B, Honnungar, Narayan V, Derman, Richard J, Saleem, Sarah, Pasha, Omrana, Ali, Sumera, Hasnain, Farid, Goldenberg, Robert L, Esamai, Fabian, Nyongesa, Paul, Ayunga, Silas, Liechty, Edward A, Garces, Ana L, Figueroa, Lester, Hambidge, K Michael, Krebs, Nancy F, Patel, Archana, Bhandarkar, Anjali, Waikar, Manjushri, Hibberd, Patricia L, Chomba, Elwyn, Carlo, Waldemar A, Mwiche, Angel, Chiwila, Melody, Manasyan, Albert, Pineda, Sayury, Meleth, Sreelatha, Thorsten, Vanessa, Stolka, Kristen, Wallace, Dennis D, Koso-Thomas, Marion, Jobe, Alan H, Buekens, Pierre M
Zdroj: The Lancet; February 2015, Vol. 385 Issue: 9968 p629-639, 11p
Abstrakt: Antenatal corticosteroids for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth are among the most effective hospital-based interventions to reduce neonatal mortality. We aimed to assess the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of a multifaceted intervention designed to increase the use of antenatal corticosteroids at all levels of health care in low-income and middle-income countries.
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