Kholeif 2010.

Methods	Design: RCT Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Participants	Inclusion criteria: pregnant women at 37 completed weeks or more, scheduled for elective CS Exclusion criteria: women with medical disorders affecting the neonatal outcome Number randomised: 400 Number analysed: not reported
Interventions	Intervention: betamethasone 7 mg, 2 IM doses separated by 24 hours and 48 hours prior the operation Control: placebo, 2 IM doses separated by 24 hours and 48 hours prior the operation
Outcomes	RDS
Notes	Study dates: not reported Funding sources: not reported Declarations of interest: not reported Conference abstract only, no useable data reported Not included in 2021 update because of lack of response from trial authors regarding our trustworthiness criteria (trial only published as abstract with no confirmation that the data are from the final analysis) Contact details: dr_ tamer_hosny@yahoo.com