A significant number of advances have been made in the last 5 years with respect to the
identification, diagnosis, assessment, and management of infants with prenatal opioid …

The opioid epidemic has adversely affected neonates and children, yet the mechanisms by
which it impacts this population are not well understood. Not only does prenatal opioid …

Measurement over time is critical for quality improvement (QI). Statistical process control
(SPC) methods were developed to facilitate rigorous analysis of time-series data, based on …

Objective For parents with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their children, group well child
care (WCC) is an under-studied intervention that may reduce stigma, increase quality of …

Importance Infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) cared for with the Eat,
Sleep, Console (ESC) care approach receive less pharmacologic treatment and have …

Objective Decrease: 1) time from tracheostomy or gastrostomy tube placement to discharge
home, and 2) avoidable readmissions within 7 days post-discharge, for medically complex …

There has been a significant paradigm shift in the management of infants with NOWS to
emphasizing the role of non-pharmacologic care centered on the mother-infant dyad. By …

Over the past two decades, the opioid crisis has rapidly escalated in the United States,
impacting a growing number of pregnant women and their infants. 1 Neonatal Opioid …

BACKGROUND: Infants with in-utero exposure to opioids are at risk Neonatal Opioid
Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) and non-pharmacological methods of care, like swaddling …

Newborn infants require adequate nutrition to achieve full potential growth and
development. Early life nutrition and health impacts long‐term outcomes through adulthood …