The Life-Saving Risk: What Parents Deserve to Know About Corticosteroids in Preterm Pregnancy

The Responsibility Clause - A medication that saves lives but is still used off-label raises an uncomfortable question—should parents be told everything?

Corticosteroid: A Lifesaving Standard

Few interventions in obstetrics have saved as many newborn lives as antenatal corticosteroids. Since the 1970s, they have been shown to accelerate fetal lung maturity and dramatically reduce respiratory distress, intraventricular hemorrhage, and neonatal death in preterm infants. ACOG, SMFM, and WHO all recommend cor…