Hospital stay and short-term follow-up of children of drug-abusing mothers born in an urban community hospital--a retrospective review

Article Article scientifique Article Hospital stay and short-term follow-up of children of drug-abusing mothers born in an urban community hospital--a retrospective review eng 2000 author Payot Antoine 84461 author Berner Michel 30069 679-683 10.1007/PL00008406 11014468 0340-6199 In order to assess the current use of medical and social services of children of drug-abusing mothers in regard to their short term outcome in a Swiss urban community hospital, we compared hospital, private paediatricians and home nursing records of 37 of these children with 37 matched control children from birth to 18 months of age. Children of drug-abusing mothers (CDAM) experienced a longer neonatal hospital stay than control children with a median (25%-75%) of 26 days (10.5-52.5 days) versus 5 (5-6) days (P < 0.001), a substantial part of which, 8 days (3.5-26 days) versus 0 days (0-1 day) (P < 0.001) was not motivated by any specific medical treatment or nursing care. Before discharge, CDAM were referred to out of hospital nursing and social services for further management, but only 13% were effectively followed. More than 50% were lost to follow-up by their initial paediatrician after 1 year of life. Adult Female Follow-Up Studies Hospitals, Community Hospitals, Urban Humans Infant, Newborn Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome/epidemiology Retrospective Studies Switzerland Time Factors Dewey 618 58 Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique 223 false European journal of pediatrics 159 9 b2630fab-c4dd-4eee-be9c-c1f71f207623 Article (Published version) Restricted 679-683.pdf 79581 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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Hospital stay and short-term follow-up of children of drug-abusing mothers born in an urban community hospital--a retrospective review	European journal of pediatrics	2000	511	1
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