Neonatal Gabapentin Withdrawal Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 445-447

  Carrasco, Melisa ^a   Rao, Sanjai C ^a   Bearer, Cynthia F ^b   Sundararajan, Sripriya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

gabapentin; newborn; pregnancy; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FINNEGAN SCORE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84945447838     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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