PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 6 December 1981, pp. 778-780
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Neonatal Leukocytosis Associated with Prenatal Administration of Dexamethasone

Lewis Otero 1, Charles Conlon 1, Patrick Reynolds 1, Bertrand Duval-Arnould 1, and Stephen M. Golden 1

1 Department of Pediatrics, National Naval Medical Center and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Prophylactic induction of fetal surfactant through maternal steroid administration in early premature labor is becoming accepted clinical practice. This article describes an 840-gm, 27 weeks' gestation male infant, who had a profound, apparently benign, leukocytosis persisting throughout the first week of life following maternal dexamethasone administration.

Submitted on March 2, 1981
Accepted on April 13, 1981




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