The effects of intrauterine cocaine exposure on the respiratory status of the very low birth weight infant
| Autor: | MaeHee Kim, Jing Ja Yoon, Lawrence Noble, Tammy McVeigh, Ivan L. Hand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Birth weight Antenatal steroid Cocaine-Related Disorders Fetus Enterocolitis Necrotizing Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Humans Infant Very Low Birth Weight Retinopathy of Prematurity Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Retrospective Studies Respiratory distress Obstetrics business.industry Respiration Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age Retinopathy of prematurity Pulmonary Surfactants medicine.disease Respiration Artificial Low birth weight Logistic Models Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Necrotizing enterocolitis Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 21(6) |
| ISSN: | 0743-8346 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effects of intrauterine cocaine exposure on very low birth weight infants with respect to their surfactant requirement and need for ventilatory support. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on infants with birth weight between 750 and 1500 g admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between January 1992 and January 1995. RESULTS: Of the 149 infants studied, 48 infants were exposed only to cocaine and 101 infants had no drug exposure. There were no significant differences between the two groups for gestational age, sex, abruptio placenta, prolonged rupture of membranes, and antenatal steroid usage. The cocaine-exposed group had a significantly greater birth weight (1190 vs. 1109, p |
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