Although corticosteroids have been used in obstetrics for more than 40 years, many issues concerning their administration, benefits and threats still remain unclear. Various aspects of corticosteroid therapy were examined during clinical trials, but many of them represent opposing points of view. Specialists from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) compiled data of the last 10 years and created new guidelines. Let us take a look at what they managed to establish. Read full text »