Dexamethasone for preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: is timing everything?

Jasper V Been^{1

2

3}, Sinno H P Simons⁴, Jeremy A Labrecque⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Department of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands j.been@erasmusmc.nl.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Neonatology, Department of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Jasper V Been et al. Eur Respir J. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 19;62(4):2301473.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.01473-2023. Print 2023 Oct.

Jasper V Been^{1

2

3}, Sinno H P Simons⁴, Jeremy A Labrecque⁵

¹ Division of Neonatology, Department of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands j.been@erasmusmc.nl.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Neonatology, Department of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest in relation to the current work.

Impact of postnatal dexamethasone timing on preterm mortality and bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a propensity score analysis.
Kwok TC, Szatkowski L, Sharkey D. Kwok TC, et al. Eur Respir J. 2023 Oct 19;62(4):2300825. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00825-2023. Print 2023 Oct. Eur Respir J. 2023. PMID: 37591537 Free PMC article.