Maternal and Neonatal Effects of Substance Abuse during Pregnancy: Our Ten-year Experience
Yonsei Medical Journal
;
: 705-713, 2008.
Artículo
en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aim of the study was to assess perinatal outcome of pregnancy burdened with maternal addiction in comparison with an unselected population from a European transition country. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Data on pregnancies complicated by illicit drug abuse (n = 85) managed during a 10-year period (1997-2007) at Split University Hospital were analyzed. Data on the type of drug, course of gestation and labor, and on perinatal outcome were considered. Data on all non-dependence pregnancies recorded during the study period were used as a control group.RESULTS:
During the study period, there were 85 dependence-complicated pregnancies (0.2%). Use of heroin alone during pregnancy was recorded in 51 women (50%), methadone alone in 6 (7%), and a combination of heroin and methadone in 9 (11%). Premature delivery was significantly more common in the group of pregnant addicts (21% vs. 6%); 49% of pregnant addicts were carriers of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 14% of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Neonatal abstinence syndrome developed in 61 infants (7%) born to addicted mothers. There were 4 cases (4.6%) of early neonatal death; 7 neonates had 5-minute Apgar score < or = 7 (8%); 29 neonates had low birth weight for age (33%); and 7 neonates had congenital anomalies (8%). The risk of various congenital anomalies was 3-fold in the group of children born to addicted mothers.CONCLUSION:
Addiction pregnancies present a small but high-risk group according to perinatal outcome. Appropriate obstetric and neonatal care can reduce the rate of complications in these pregnancies and improve perinatal outcome.
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Asunto principal:
Puntaje de Apgar
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Complicaciones del Embarazo
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Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo
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Peso al Nacer
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Síndrome de Abstinencia Neonatal
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Resultado del Embarazo
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Mortalidad Infantil
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Incidencia
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Croacia
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Exposición Materna
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Recién Nacido
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Embarazo
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Yonsei Medical Journal
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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