Objective:
A comparison between the effect of the two methods of 12 versus 24 hours interval of betamethasone administration on neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in women with preterm labor.
Design:
Method: double blind randomized clinical trial.
Setting and conduct:
Eligible women will be randomly assigned in the two groups of A and B.
In group A, two doses of 12 mg betamethasone with the interval of 12 hours and in group B, two doses of 12 mg betamethasone with the interval of 24 hours will be prescribed.
Participants:The women with preterm labor. Inclusion criteria: singleton pregnancy and gestational age of 26-34 weeks.
Exclusion criteria: known allergy for betamethazone; history of any known maternal systemic disorders like hypertension, diabetes, liver and cardiac disease, renal failure and neoplasia.
Intervention: In group A, two doses of 12 mg betamethasone with the interval of 12 hours and in group B, two doses of 12 mg betamethasone with the interval of 24 hours will be prescribed.
Main outcome measures: preterm neonates of the two groups will be compared according to respiratory distress syndrome, intra ventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy, necrotizing enter colitis, neonatal death, and NICU admission.