Lori A Devlin, Zhuopei Hu, Stephanie L Merhar, Songthip T Ounpraseuth, Alan E Simon, Jeannette Y Lee, Abhik Das, Margaret M Crawford, Rachel G Greenberg, P Brian Smith, Rosemary D Higgins, Michele C Walsh, Ward Rice, David A Paul, Jessie R Maxwell, Camille M Fung, Tanner Wright, Julie Ross, Jennifer M McAllister, Moira Crowley, Sophie K Shaikh, Lori Christ, Jaime Brown, Julie Riccio, Kara Wong Ramsey, Erica F Braswell, Lauren Tucker, Karen McAlmon, Krishna Dummula, Julie Weiner, Jessica R White, Sarah Newman, Jessica N Snowden, Leslie W Young
IMPORTANCE: The function-based eat, sleep, console (ESC) care approach substantially reduces the proportion of infants who receive pharmacologic treatment for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). This reduction has led to concerns for increased postnatal opioid exposure in infants who receive pharmacologic treatment. However, the effect of the ESC care approach on hospital outcomes for infants pharmacologically treated for NOWS is currently unknown. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in opioid exposure and total length of hospital stay (LOS) for pharmacologically treated infants managed with the ESC care approach vs usual care with the Finnegan tool...
April 15, 2024: JAMA Pediatrics