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ReviewInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2026

International disparities in use of antenatal magnesium sulfate and antenatal steroids for the preterm baby.

Hannah B Edwards, Erika M Edwards, David Odd, Jelena Savović, Sarah Dawson, Mark Adams, Angelika Berger, Paul Corcoran, Jose Maria de Andrade Lopes, Luigi Gagliardi and 5 more

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Review in International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. International disparities in use of antenatal magnesium sulfate and antenatal steroids for the preterm baby.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Hannah B EdwardsPopulation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1885-4771
Erika M EdwardsCollege of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7852-7481
David OddPopulation Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-4966
Jelena SavovićPopulation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7828-6385
Sarah DawsonPopulation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6682-063X
Mark AdamsDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-2593
Angelika BergerDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8775-2405
Paul CorcoranDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University College Cork, and Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-7136
Jose Maria de Andrade LopesBrazilian Neonatal Research Network Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luigi GagliardiOspedale Versilia, Department of Woman and Child Health, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-8975
R Kishore KumarNeonatology, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals and Cloudnine Foundation, Chennai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-8133
Rajesh SharmaDepartment of Neonatology, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-3838
Lloyd TookeDepartment of Neonatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-9996
Frank de VochtPopulation Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-627X
Karen LuytThe National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9806-1092

Funding

National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO

Indexed as

Healthcare DisparitiesMagnesium SulfatePrenatal CareCerebral PalsyFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematurePregnancyPremature BirthTocolytic AgentsMagnesium SulfateTocolytic Agentsantenatal magnesium sulfateantenatal steroidsdisparitiesevidence‐based interventionsimplementationpreterm birthreview

Identifiers

PMID41736529
PMCPMC13377267

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