Profile of infants born to drug-using mothers: A state-wide audit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abdel Latif, Mohamed E ^a,b   Oei, Julee ^c,d   Craig, Fiona ^c   Lui, Kei ^c,d  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

drug exposure; neonatal abstinence syndrome; perinatal outcome; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH;

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORPHINE; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84872489614     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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