Home > Implementation of a standardized clinical definition of opioid withdrawal in the neonate: challenges and opportunities.

Jilani, Shahla M and Jones, Hendrée E and Davis, Jonathan M (2022) Implementation of a standardized clinical definition of opioid withdrawal in the neonate: challenges and opportunities. JAMA, 10.1001/jama.2022.5406.

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Viewpoint: As a consequence of the US opioid crisis, opioid use disorder (OUD) and correspondingly, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) have significantly affected pregnant people and neonates. The most recent published data show that in 2017, 6065 pregnant individuals had opioid-related diagnoses and 5375 neonates had NAS in the US. This represents an increase of 4.6 per 1000 deliveries and 3.3 per 1000 birth hospitalizations from 2010 to 2017...

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