Effectiveness of Antenatal Corticosteroids in reducing morbidities and mortality in Preterm neonates: Evidence from a Tertiary Level Hospital in Nepal

Prajwal Paudel; Shree Prasad Adhikari; Kalpana Upadhyaya Subedi; Shailendra Bir Karmacharya; Sandesh Poudel; Megha Mishra; Laxmiswori Prajapati; Lov Sah; Needa Shrestha; Subash Bhattarai; Pratiksha Bhattarai; Avinash K. Sunny

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0334318

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Effectiveness of Antenatal Corticosteroids in reducing morbidities and mortality in Preterm neonates: Evidence from a Tertiary Level Hospital in Nepal

Prajwal Paudel ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: prajwal.paudel999@gmail.com

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1830-0394

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Shree Prasad Adhikari,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Kalpana Upadhyaya Subedi,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Shailendra Bir Karmacharya,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sandesh Poudel,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Megha Mishra,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Laxmiswori Prajapati,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Lov Sah,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Madhesh Institute of Health Science, Janakpur, Nepal
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Needa Shrestha,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Subash Bhattarai,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noble Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Pratiksha Bhattarai,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noble College, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal
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Avinash K. Sunny

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nepalese Society of Community Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Effectiveness of Antenatal Corticosteroids in reducing morbidities and mortality in Preterm neonates: Evidence from a Tertiary Level Hospital in Nepal

Prajwal Paudel,
Shree Prasad Adhikari,
Kalpana Upadhyaya Subedi,
Shailendra Bir Karmacharya,
Sandesh Poudel,
Megha Mishra,
Laxmiswori Prajapati,
Lov Sah,
Needa Shrestha,
Subash Bhattarai

Published: October 24, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334318

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