RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The opioid epidemic and neonatal abstinence syndrome in the USA: a review of the continuum of care
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F183
OP F187
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310045
VO 102
IS 2
A1 Jason R Pryor
A1 Faouzi I Maalouf
A1 Elizabeth E Krans
A1 Robert E Schumacher
A1 William O Cooper
A1 Stephen W Patrick
YR 2017
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/102/2/F183.abstract
AB As the prescription opioid epidemic grew in the USA, its impact extended to pregnant women and their infants. This review summarises how increasing rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome resulted in a need to improve care to pregnant women and opioid-exposed infants. We discuss the variations in care delivery with particular emphasis on screening at-risk mothers, scoring systems for neonatal drug withdrawal, type and duration of pharmacotherapy, and discharge safety.