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Babies born prematurely (before 37 weeks) often exhibit less symptoms or in less severity than those born at full term (38 to 42 weeks). This is due to being exposed to the drug for a lesser period of time during pregnancy. Premature babies with NAS tend to recover at a much faster rate than a full term baby would. [4]
The Finnegan scoring system is used to quantify and diagnose neonatal withdrawal or abstinence (NAS) syndrome. This is a withdrawal syndrome of infants, caused by the cessation of the administration of licit or illicit drugs. Neonatal abstinence syndrome is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate or other ...
779.4 Drug reactions and intoxications specific to newborn; 779.5 Drug withdrawal syndrome in newborn; 779.6 Termination of pregnancy (fetus) 779.7 Preventricular leukomalacia; 779.8 Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period. 779.81 Neonatal bradycardia; 779.82 Neonatal tachycardia; 779.83 Delayed separation of umbilical ...
At the federal level, child abuse prevention laws passed in 1974 mandated that child welfare agencies receive notification when an infant was born affected by “illegal drugs”.
The babies tested positive for fentanyl exposure when they were born, but the Nemours team suspect they had been exposed to significant amounts of the drug throughout the entire pregnancies.
The number of babies born with severe birth defects connected with fentanyl use during pregnancy is rising. Scientists now have strong evidence linking the drug to abnormalities in newborns.
Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), theorized in the 1970s, occurs when a pregnant woman uses cocaine including crack cocaine and thereby exposes her fetus to the drug.Babies whose mothers used cocaine while pregnant supposedly have increased risk of several different health issues during growth and development and are colloquially known as crack babies.
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