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By Janet McConnaujli
THE ASSOCIATED
A common steroid treatm
for premature babies wittil
problems can damage it
brains and slow theirgrowtk,
first long-term study of thepi
tice found.
The bodies of many premn
babies do not yet make adieu
that keeps the lungs from colli;
ing when the infants exit
Respirators keep them breaii
but can stretch the fragile
This causes inflammation
other damage, contributing
chronic lung disease.
To prevent chronic lunsi
ease, doctors often give ie
babies the steroid dexameii
sone to reduce inflammation,
To check its long-term safe
doctors at six hospitals
Taiwan looked at 146 school-;
children who had been bom
maturely and put on breaii
machines. The children hadta
given dexamethasoneordui
shots for four weeks as ii
As babies, 15 perceni
those given dexameta
developed chronic lung diseis
compared with 28 perceni
those who got placebos.
But eight years later, thedi
dren who had been on
steroid were shorter than
others by about an inch ami
half, they were less coordinac
and they had lower IQ scoi
Dr. Tsu-Fuh Yeh of On
Medical University in Tara
reported in Thursday’s Nt
England Journal of Medicine,
“Dexamethasone is widf
used. Some doctors use dexaa
ethasone like water. Noton/ni
North America — in Euw?e,
Asia,” he said.
Yeh said the long-term risl
clearly outweigh the benefit
Although many people had to*
there might be long-term ef
he said, "because nob
proved it. they still use it,
paper is quite conclusive.”
All premature babies ait
risk for brain damage. But the
children who had been
dexamethasone had IQs an ave
age of five points lower thanli
74 who had received the dump
shots. They were also moreen
ily distracted and scored an ave
age of three points lower ot
36-point arithmetic test.
Those differences
affect the youngsters’
work. That is probably becais
many Taiwanese families vti
disabled children hire tutors
send them to special classes!
help them catch up, Yeh said
It is not clear exactly 1m
widely dexamethasone is usai
Over the past few years, lit
major pediatric associations
the United States, Canada)
Europe — including l
American Academy
Pediatrics — have recommeni
ed against using the steroid
premature babies, because
side effects that include holes)
the stomach or intestine,
types of steroids are
Dr. Alan Jobe of Cincinm
Children’s Hospital Medic
Center said the findings indio
that doctors need to be veryc»
tious with any steroids given!
premature babies, and that mo:
tests are needed to find the safe!
way to give them.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Durable-goods
orders, new-home
sales rebounded
during February
WASHINGTON (AP) - Factof
saw demand for big-ticket gottf
rebound in February, good net!
for the country’s economic
and for manufacturers who W
struggled to get their piece olf*
business recovery.
The Commerce
reported Wednesday that
for "durable" goods-costly it#
ufactured products tha
expected to last at least
years - rose by 2.5 perce
month. That was an improv
from the 2.7 percent drop
tered in January and represec
the largest increase since
February's performance was IF
ter than economists were