Does prenatal dexamethasone rescue heart hypoplasia in fetal rats with congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Heart hypoplasia in rats with CDH is in part rescued by prenatal dexamethasone treatment as expressed by increased number of smaller myocytes with higher glycogen content. Prenatal steroids could modify heart involvement in human fetuses with CDH as well.
It is necessary to focus on correct measurement of stature. Measurement of stature can be performed accurately with stadiometers with either digital or analogue counters. The digital stadiometer was the faster of the two.