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We studied endogenous surfactant PC synthesis in relation to prenatal corticosteroid treatment in 27 preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. Infants received a 24-h infusion of the stable isotope [U-13C]glucose, starting \u223c 5 h after birth. We measured 13C-incorporation into palmitic acid in surfactant PC from serial tracheal aspirates and in plasma triglycerides and phospholipids by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. Premature infants had received either zero (n = 11), one (n = 4), or two doses (n = 12) of prenatal betamethasone (12 mg intramuscularly). The fractional synthesis rate (FSR) of surfactant PC from glucose was 1.7 \u00b1 0.3%\/d without corticosteroid treatment, 2.9 \u00b1 1.4%\/d with one dose of prenatal corticosteroid, and 5.8 \u00b1 1.3%\/d after two doses of prenatal corticosteroid. Using multiple regression analysis, we found that the FSR of surfactant PC increased by 40% (confidence interval: 7 to 82%\/d, p &amp;lt; 0.02) per dose of corticosteroid and doubled after two doses of corticosteroid. The 13C-enrichment of plasma triglycerides and phospholipids was not increased by corticosteroid. 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