009 Substance Abuse and Neonatal Withdrawal
009 Substance Abuse and Neonatal Withdrawal –
Addicted babies a sorry epidemic
Filed under: neonatal withdrawal
In Saskatoon hospitals alone, more than 100 babies were born last year with what is formally called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Obviously this is completely preventable. This rising concern is not exclusive to Saskatoon, but it's certainly more …
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Alarming growth of Kentucky drug-addicted newborn
Filed under: neonatal withdrawal
The rate has increased to the point that on one day in August at the University of Louisville's neonatal intensive care unit, more than half the babies were suffering from drug withdrawal, The Courier-Journal reported (http://cjky.it/Oyiq4z). "It's a …
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