An incomplete course of antenatal corticosteroids is associated with reduction in the need for vasopressors, the rate of intraventricular hemorrhage, and neonatal death in preterm neonates.

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The fetal admission test is useful in predicting the absence of intrapartum fetal distress irrespective of the criterion used for evaluation. Redefined reactivity appears to be most predictive of intrapartum fetal distress.

Betamethasone and dexamethasone are comparable in reducing the rate of most major neonatal morbidities and mortality in preterm neonates. However, dexamethasone seems to be more effective in reducing the rate of intraventricular hemorrhage compared with betamethasone.