Ali Kheradmand1, Sahar Ashrafzadeh2, Farzane Rouzegari3, Samin Aliakbarian1, Ali Naseh4,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.2, pp. 265-274, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.024773
Abstract Drug abuse by pregnant women is one of the significant problems for mothers and their neonates. This study
aimed to investigate the effects of maternal substance use disorder during pregnancy on neonatal developmental
criteria. In a case-control study, clinical records of 90 neonates diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome who
were admitted to NICU in one of four hospitals affiliated with Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in
Tehran, Iran between 2017 and 2020 were compared to 90 neonates without neonatal abstinence syndrome (control group). Demographic information and data for neonatal developmental characteristics and complications
were extracted from the clinical records of… More >
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