A comparison of two glucocorticoid regimens for acceleration of fetal lung maturation in premature labor.

Abstract:

:This study compares fetal corticoid response from conventional dose (12.0 mg) intramuscular betamethasone to large dose (1,000 mg) intravenous cortisol administered to women in premature labor for acceleration of fetal lung maturity. To compare these two regimens, 14 women selected at random were treated in groups of seven with either cortisol or betamethasone. Peripheral levels of unconjugated estriol were measured by specific radioimmunoassay prior to the cortisol dose and at 1, 4, 8, and 12 hours following the dose. The rate of corticoid delivery to the fetal hypothalamic-adrenal axis was estimated by the per cent suppression of unconjugated estriol at each post-treatment interval. Least-squares regression lines fitted (P less than 0.01) for each regimen were compared for time saved (delta t) when cortisol was used. Mean delta t (1, 4, 8, and 12 hours) was 9.0 +/- 0.2 S.E.M. hours. It is concluded that: (1) Intravenous cortisol delivers a fetal corticoid effect that is significantly more rapid in onset and more profound in magnitude than does intramuscular betamethasone and that (2) the cortisol regimen is probably better suited to the acceleration of fetal lung maturation in premature labor when time is short and rapid action is essential.

journal_name

Am J Obstet Gynecol

authors

Whitt GG,Buster JE,Killam AP,Scragg WH

doi

10.1016/0002-9378(76)90172-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-03-01 00:00:00

pages

479-82

issue

5

eissn

0002-9378

issn

1097-6868

pii

0002-9378(76)90172-1

journal_volume

124

pub_type

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