Obstetric Anesthesia Digest · 2016 · 16 citations · 0 references
Public HealthChild HealthPediatricsNeonatal HealthNeonatologySubstance Use DisordersNeonatal Drug TherapyNeonatal EpidemiologyNeonatal Intensive CareNeonatal MorbidityNeonatal PharmacologyWithdrawal SyndromesNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeNeonatal Withdrawal SyndromePediatric Withdrawal SyndromesWithdrawal Syndromes In Newborns
(N Engl J Med. 2015; 372: 2118–2126) The neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug-withdrawal syndrome occurring in newborns after in utero exposure to opioids. The incidence of this syndrome has almost tripled in the United States from 2000 to 2009, and several states have reported increases larger than the national average.