Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures
A RECENT NATIONAL STUDY indicated that illicit drug use is 16.2% among pregnant teens and 7.4% among pregnant women aged 18 to 25 years. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns following birth. The syndrome most commonly occurs in the context of antepartum opiate use, although other drugs have also been implicated. In addition to NAS, illicit drug use (speci...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.3951