PharmacyPediatricsToxicologyMaternal-fetal MedicineNeonatologyObstetric ComplicationsAlcohol WithdrawalAlcohol-related Liver ToxicityFetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersPrenatal DevelopmentPrenatal ToxicityAcute WithdrawalAlcohol Use In PregnancyAlcohol-induced Placental ToxicityAlcohol-related Developmental ToxicityFetal Alcohol ExposurePediatric Alcohol WithdrawalPlacental Transfer Of AlcoholPrenatal Alcohol Exposure
The world literature contains few reports of infants born while intoxicated by alcohol. I describe the clinical course of such a child who had a high blood alcohol concentration on delivery, and exhibited features of acute alcohol withdrawal in the days after birth. He later demonstrated features consistent with a partial alcohol foetopathy (foetal alcohol effects).