Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome is often assessed with the 50-year-old Finnegan scoring tool. Researchers ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Opioids are touching every segment of New Mexico’s population, including expectant mothers. “When an individual uses opiates, which could be fentanyl, heroin, or other substances, ...
Maine (WABI) - Last year, about one in 17 babies in Maine were born exposed to, or affected by opioids, according to the Maine Children’s Alliance. Traditionally, medication is used to treat the ...
On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said Morreale, a resident of the small western North Carolina ...
According to Stanford Children's Health, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a term for a group of problems a baby experiences when withdrawing from exposure to narcotics. St. Vincent Healthcare says they ...
The Eat, Sleep, Console care approach was associated with a reduced need for pharmacologic treatment and shorter length of stay in the hospital for infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome ...
High-quality evidence is needed to inform a standard approach to caring for infants with opioid withdrawal. New research findings comparing the newer Eat, Sleep, Console approach with usual care are ...