Effects of antenatal steroids on protein metabolism in preterm infants on the first day of life.

Objective: To analyze, in an existing cohort of infants, whether antenatal administered corticosteroids influence protein metabolism in preterm infants on the first day of life. Study design Three groups of infants were studied. The mothers of 25 infants had received 2 or more doses of corticosteroids, the mothers of 5 had received 1 dose, and there was no antenatal steroid exposure for 8 infants.