Background Studies indicate antenatal opioid use is associated with birth size deficits, as
evidenced by reductions in birth weight and head circumference. However, there remains a …

Prenatal opioid use is increasingly common and can have adverse impacts on maternal and
child health. In Ontario, there are no clear guidelines or universal programs to support the …

BACKGROUND The prevalence of opioid use disorder and medication-assisted treatment in
pregnancy is increasing. Compared with term infants, preterm infants have a lower …

Within the national opioid epidemic, there has been an increase in the number of infants
exposed to opioids in utero. Additionally, opioid agonist medications are the standard of …

Objective Prenatal opioid exposure has been linked with impaired cognitive development,
with boys potentially at elevated risk. In the present study, we examined cognitive and …

The alarming increase in opioid use in the United States, particularly during pregnancy, over
the past few decades underlines the need to thoroughly investigate the consequences of …

Prenatal opioid exposure is an established public health problem, in particular among
Medicaid-covered births. Yet, existing prevalence rates are plausibly underestimated. We …

Results: The results indicate that children exposed to opioid in utero may be cognitively
affected over time, even once located in stable families on an actual early age. Somewhat …

Objectives To categorize newborn infants in Hamilton County, Ohio by late pregnancy fetal
opioid exposure status and to assess their first-year healthcare utilization. Study design We …

Background: The opioid overdose and opioid use disorder epidemics are concomitant with
increased metabolic and CVD risk. Although opioid use disorder causes adverse pregnancy …