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Is prophylaxis with early low-dose hydrocortisone in very preterm infants effective in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

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Manuscript citation: Shaffer ML, Baud O, Lacaze-Masmonteil T, Peltoniemi OM, Bonsante F, Watterberg KL. Effect of prophylaxis for early adrenal insufficiency using low-dose hydrocortisone in very preterm infants: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatrics 2018.

Individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of four prospective randomized controlled trials.

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The Journal Club is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics - Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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  1. Fetal and Neonatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Neha Kumbhat

  2. Department of Pediatrics/Division of Neonatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 750 Welch Road, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

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Kumbhat, N., Davis, A.S. & Benitz, W.E. Is prophylaxis with early low-dose hydrocortisone in very preterm infants effective in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia?. J Perinatol 39, 1688–1691 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0485-8

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