Advances in experimental medicine and biologyHumansNeonatal Abstinence SyndromePregnancyFemaleInfant
Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.
Alana Painter, Kathryn Westphal, Adriana Herrera, Emilee Lewis, Alison Sweeney, Ashley G Sutton
Published: 202610.1007/978-3-032-12741-9_12
Abstract
Maternal substance use during pregnancy exposes the fetus to pharmacologic effects and creates the potential for dependence and withdrawal in the neonatal period. Opioids cross the placenta and the fetal blood-brain barrier, resulting in prenatal opi…
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