it is concluded that : ( 1 ) intravenous cortisol delivers a fetal corticoid effect that is significantly more rapid in onset and more profound in magnitude than does intramuscular betamethasone and that ( 2 ) the cortisol regimen is probably better suited to the acceleration of fetal lung maturation in premature labor when time is short and rapid action is essential .
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