Crack Cocaine Newborns

IDENTIFYING, REPORTING, AND RESPONDING TO SUBSTANCE EXPOSED …
newborns to have lower gestational ages, birth weights, lengths, and head circumferences than non-exposed newborns (Singer et al., 2002). Additionally, studies have found that cocaine-exposed children have lower levels of cognitive … View This Document

Perinatal Substance Use: Maternal Effects & Newborn Effects
Vasoconstriction Heart attack, stroke Stimulants: Effects on fetus Preterm labor Spontaneous abortion Placental abruption Fetal hypertension ‘Crack Higher incidence of prematurity Heroin Methadone Pain meds Neonatal abstinence syndrome Continuous exposure Use up to delivery Stimulants Cocaine … Fetch Doc

DRUG .EXPOSED INFANTS AND CHILDREN: SERVICE NEEDS AND POLICY …
Con8equences in pregnantwomen, newborns and developing children; and epidemiological atudies.of the extent and nature of drug use among pregnant crack–cocaine using mothers and HIV-infected children. The Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nursery-Program … Document Viewer

ESTIMATED COSTS RELATED TO THE BIRTH OF A DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL …
Crack Babies in Infancy (Part I) http://www.focalpress.com/companions/024080 4155/crack/crack1.htm Hospital Costs for Newborns Exposed to Cocaine Only … Get Document

Indiana Drug Threat Assessment
5.6 percent of newborns tested positive for drugs. Healthcare and disease statistics also suggest distribution of crack cocaine is a significant prob-lem throughout Indiana, especially in urban areas. … Get Document

Special Needs Of Cocaine Abusing Pregnant Women
America: “crack”, the free base form of cocaine, is still rare in Europe and mainly abused known that newborns of cocaine abusing pregnant women are more likely to have low birth … Retrieve Here

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FACT School Of Public Affairs …
Crack Babies in Infancy (Part I) http://www.focalpress.com/companions/0240804 155/crack/crack1.htm Hospital Costs for Newborns Exposed to Cocaine Only … Fetch Doc

WHAT IS COCAIN
Dollars a dose, crack is the form of cocaine that is most prevalent on the streets. When snorted, crack reaches the brain in about five minutes. Women who use cocaine while pregnant have newborns that suffer withdrawal … Doc Viewer

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Under the Location Rubric: Are Crack–Cocaine Smokers More Likely To Experience Rapid-Onset of Cocaine cocaine exposure at random, but we can randomly assign programs that seek to reduce prenatal cocaine exposure, with followup to check sensorimotor functioning deficits in the newborns … Fetch Here

September 3, 1989 Let’s Give Crack Babies A Way Out Of …
newborns, and it did much less damage to them. Although other drugs have plagued our society since the 1960s, crack, a derivative of cocaine, poses a threat to many more young children – because mothers use it. … Retrieve Here

The Newborn At Risk: Conditions Present At Birth
The mom who uses cocaine/crack places herself at risk for placental abruption. Moms who use heroin or cocaine and have medication administered within 2 hours of delivery really place the newborn at risk- these newborns cannot have naloxone aka narcan administered because it can actually cause acute … Retrieve Document

PREGNANCY DRUGS
Crack is cocaine's most potent and addictive form. In some cities more women than men use crack and, according to some experts, many of these Babies cannot be turned over to the care of crack mothers, so newborns in some hospitals languish in pediatric wards for weeks … Access Doc

Maternal & Newborn Effects Of Perinatal Substance Abuse
Growth retardation Neonatal abstinence syndrome Continuous exposure Use up to delivery Cocaine abortion Placental abruption Fetal hypertension Intrauterine growth retardation SIDS ‘Crack baby term memory impairment, amnesia Intrauterine growth retardation Abnormal startle reflexes in newborns … Return Doc

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
The 1980s, with the advent of crack, a more widely available and relatively affordable form of cocaine, ‘crack babies’ or newborns exposed to cocaine in utero received national atten- … Get Doc