Dexamethasone vs betamethasone – child outcomes
Intellectual impairment: developmental delay – cognitive or language (mild, moderate or severe) · women at risk of preterm birth
Dexamethasone showed no clear difference in intellectual impairment: developmental delay – cognitive or language… compared with betamethasone – child outcomes (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Different corticosteroids and regimens for accelerating fetal lung maturation for babies at risk of preterm birth 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.97 [0.79, 1.2]1 study · 1161 participantsModerate