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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Postnatal Steroids in Preterm Infants: A Narrative Review Series-Part 3: Impacts on Growth, Neurodevelopment & Nutrition.

Phoenix Plessas-Azurduy, Jarred Garfinkle, Marc Beltempo, Caroline Porraccio, Anie Lapointe, Laila Wazneh, Punnanee Wutthigate, Sarah Spénard, Anne Marie Sbrocchi, Marie-Brossard Racine and 5 more

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Phoenix Plessas-AzurduyDivision of Clinical & Translational Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0001-4912-7462
Jarred GarfinkleDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Marc BeltempoDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Caroline PorraccioDivision of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Anie LapointeDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada.
Laila WaznehDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Punnanee WutthigateDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2990-5412
Sarah SpénardDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Anne Marie SbrocchiDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Marie-Brossard RacineDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.
Wadi MawadDepartment of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Tiscar Cavallé-GarridoDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3027-6246
Wissam ShalishDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Guilherme Sant'AnnaDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1633-3654
Gabriel AltitDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5141-0964

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPostnatal corticosteroids (CS) improve respiratory outcomes in preterm infants, but effects on growth and neurodevelopment remain incompletely understood.

methodsThis third instalment of a narrative review series builds on physiologic principles to examine systemic CS consequences. MAIN

findingsWe explore the interplay between growth restriction, hypoxia, and neurodevelopmental vulnerability, discussing brain imaging, metabolic disruptions, and HPA axis suppression.

conclusionThis review advocates for a holistic, physiology-informed approach to optimize outcomes by integrating nutritional vulnerability with cardiorespiratory status.

Indexed as

body compositionbronchopulmonary dysplasiahpa axis suppressionigf-axis regulationneurodevelopmental outcomesphysiology-informed carepostnatal corticosteroidsprecision surveillanceskeletal healthsomatic growth

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PMID42073053
PMCPMC13114939

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