Can Neonates Get the Munchies?
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| Title: | Can Neonates Get the Munchies? |
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| Authors: | Nienaber, Thomas A.1,2 tanienaber@uams.edu, James, Ryan K.1,2, Burke, Bryan L.1,2, Beavers, Jessica1,2 |
| Source: | Clinical Pediatrics. Mar2018, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p358-360. 3p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Cocaine, Drug therapy, Breastfeeding, Infant nutrition, Maternal health services, Meconium, Morphine, Narcotics, Oral habits, Umbilical cord, Drug abusers, Hyperphagia, Neonatal abstinence syndrome |
| Abstract: | A case study is presented of an infant born to a 28-year-old gravida 2, para 2 mother. Diagnosis of mother with gestational hypertension in triage; maternal urine drug screen showed positive for cocaine and opioids and developed neonatal abstinence syndrome. Further she was treated of hyperphagia in a full-term neonate due to neonatal abstinence syndrome. |
| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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