pregnancy

Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy

Scientific article

1 August 2017

ABSTRACT Opioid use in pregnancy has escalated dramatically in recent years, paralleling the epidemic observed in the general population. To combat the opioid epidemic, all health care providers need to take an active role. Pregnancy...

Webinar: Understanding Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for the General Pediatrician

23 August 2017

Webinar

United States

Presenters: Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Substance Use and Prevention

Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn

Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal

Scientific article

6 June 2017

Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...

Estimation of National, Regional and Global Prevalence of Alcohol Use during Pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Scientific article

12 January 2017

Background Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...

Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

Book

1 January 2014

These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...

Marijuana and Maternity: What Are the Effects?

Scientific article

12 October 2016

Four US states currently allow recreational marijuana use and twenty-four allow medical marijuana. However, little research has been carried out to uncover the drug’s effect on the development of human embryos if smoked or consumed in...