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    This document provides a dexamethasone protocol for treating preterm labor between 28-34 weeks of gestation. It recommends administering 4 intramuscular injections of 6 mg dexamethasone every 12 hours to help lung maturation in the fetus. The contraindication for use is frank chorioamnionitis. The indications are true preterm labor between 28-34 weeks or conditions that could lead to imminent delivery such as abruption of the placenta, premature rupture of membranes, or severe preeclampsia.

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    This document provides a dexamethasone protocol for treating preterm labor between 28-34 weeks of gestation. It recommends administering 4 intramuscular injections of 6 mg dexamethasone every 12 hours to help lung maturation in the fetus. The contraindication for use is frank chorioamnionitis. The indications are true preterm labor between 28-34 weeks or conditions that could lead to imminent delivery such as abruption of the placenta, premature rupture of membranes, or severe preeclampsia.

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    Dexa Drug

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    This document provides a dexamethasone protocol for treating preterm labor between 28-34 weeks of gestation. It recommends administering 4 intramuscular injections of 6 mg dexamethasone every 12 hours to help lung maturation in the fetus. The contraindication for use is frank chorioamnionitis. The indications are true preterm labor between 28-34 weeks or conditions that could lead to imminent delivery such as abruption of the placenta, premature rupture of membranes, or severe preeclampsia.

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    ANC’S-PRETERM LABOUR (28-34

    WEEKS)CORTICOSTEROIDS USE
    DEXAMETHASONE PROTOCOL
    DOSE/INJECTION 6 Mg

    ROUTE INTRAMUSCULAR

    INTERVAL 12 HOURS

    NO.OF INJECTIONS 4

    CONTRAINDICATION :FOR USE IN ANC IS FRANK


    CHORIOAMNIONITIS.
    INDICATIONS:
    1.TRUE PRETERM LABOUR(28-34 WEEKS).
    2.CONDITIONS LEADING TO IMMINENT DELIVERY
    (APH,PROM,SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA).

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