The opioid crisis has grown to affect pregnant women and infants across the United States,
as evidenced by rising rates of opioid use disorder among pregnant women and neonatal …

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OBJECTIVES: To describe incidence, health care use, and cost trends for infants with
neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) who are covered by Medicaid compared with other …

Objective: Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a postnatal opioid withdrawal syndrome,
increased threefold from 2000 to 2009. Since 2009, opioid pain reliever prescriptions and …

Background The incidence of the neonatal abstinence syndrome, a drug-withdrawal
syndrome that most commonly occurs after in utero exposure to opioids, is known to have …

METHODS: In 2010, a multidisciplinary team began several plan-do-study-act cycles at Yale
New Haven Children's Hospital. Key interventions included standardization of …

METHODS: In early 2013, a multidisciplinary quality improvement team began consecutive
plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles. We trained nurses in modified Finnegan scoring, ensured …

Opioid abuse among pregnant women has reached epidemic proportions and has
influenced maternal and child health policy at the federal, state, and local levels. As a result …

METHODS: From 2012 to 2014, data were collected through serial cross-sectional audits of
participating centers. Hospitals assessed institutional policies and patient-level data for …

The developmental impact of opioid use during pregnancy is a subject of ongoing debate.
Short-term neonatal outcomes, such as lower birth weight and neonatal abstinence …