Children (Jul 2022)

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Prevention, Management and Outcomes: From Birth to Adulthood

  • Karel Allegaert,
  • Ju-Lee Oei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081151
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 8
p. 1151

Abstract

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), or—when specifically focused on opioids—neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) is a withdrawal syndrome in neonates after birth causally related to the in utero exposure to drugs of dependence, and the subsequent acute interruption at delivery [...]

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