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Abstract
Infants born at term by elective caesarean delivery are more likely to develop respiratory morbidity than infants born vaginally. Prophylactic corticosteroids in singleton preterm pregnancies accelerate lung maturation and reduce the incidence of respiratory complications (Sotiridis et al., 2009).Antenatal betamethasone is effective in reducing admission to special care baby unit with respiratory distress after elective caesarean section at term (Stutchfield et al., 2005).The objective of this study is to assess the effect of prophylactic corticosteroid administration before elective caesarean section at term (between 38wks and 38+6), in reducing neonatal respiratory morbidity and admission to special care units with respiratory complications.