TDM grand rounds: Neonatal nicotine withdrawal syndrome in an infant prenatally and postnatally exposed to heavy cigarette smoke

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-588

  Vagnarelli, Federica ^a   Amarri, Sergio ^a   Scaravelli, Giulia ^b   Pellegrini, Manuela ^b   Garcia Algar, Oscar ^c,d   Pichini, Simona ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cigarettesmoke; Hair; Neonatal withdrawal syndrome; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEONATAL NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

COTININE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MILK, HUMAN; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 33749864318     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000245391.56176.ad     Document Type: Review

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