The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#392 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Do Antenatal Corticosteroids Improve Survival for Babies Born at 21–24 Weeks?
17 minutes Posted Jan 8, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Send us a text In this Journal Club episode, Ben and Daphna review a large national cohort study examining the association between antenatal corticosteroid exposure and survival in extremely preterm infants born between 21 and 24 weeks’ gestation. They discuss biologic plausibility, practice variation, and the challenges of interpreting retrospective data, while focusing on how these findings may inform counseling and shared decision-making at the margins of viability. ---- The Effects of Ant...