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Effect of Pre-delivery Dexamethasone in Comparison With Betamethasone on Fetal Heart Trace
Sponsor: Rawalpindi Medical College
Summary
As baby grows inside the womb of mother, heart and other organs develop. The heart activity can be recorded by placing a transducer on the belly of mother. The tracing obtain provides information about heart rate, any increase or decrease in heart rate and how much it varies with time. Variation in heart rate along with increase is indicator of fetal well being. Some mothers are at high risk of pre-term birth that is baby delivery before 37 weeks of gestation. In such cases steroids are given to mother to accelerate lung development of the baby so that it can easily adapt to outside world. Dexamethasone and Betamethasone are commonly used steroids which can also effect fetal heart activity.
Official title: Comparison of Effect of Antenatal Dexamethasone Versus Betamethasone on Antepartum Cardiactocography
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
110
Start Date
2025-07-13
Completion Date
2025-10-15
Last Updated
2025-08-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Betamethason Sodium Phosphate
Intramuscular injection of Betamethasone 12mg will be administered on 2 consecutive days
Dexamethasone
two doses of 12mg of IM Dexamethasone given 24 hours apart
Locations (1)
Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan