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Inhaled steroid therapy does not reduce fetal growth.
2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhaled steroid therapy by pregnant women with asthma does not lead to a restriction in fetal growth, researchers report.
In the largest sample to date examining the potential effects that inhaled steroids may have on intrauterine growth, a research team led by Michael Schatz, MD, FAAAAI, from Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, San Diego, California, enrolled 474 women in the study, working with 99 allergist/immunologists from 35 states representing all regions of the U.S. The study assessed the safety of inhaled steroids in 396 pregnant women with asthma who completed the assessment.
Schatz and team found no significant relationship between specific inhaled steroid use and the incidence of infants who were small for gestational age. They also found no relationship between inhaled steroid use and the infants mean birth weight.
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