Jennifer Bell, Craig V Towers, Mark D Hennessy, Callie Heitzman, Barbara Smith, Katie Chattin
BACKGROUND: The current recommendation regarding the management of a pregnant patient with opioid dependence is not to perform detoxification during pregnancy because of a potential risk for preterm labor, fetal distress, or fetal demise. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the safety of full opiate detoxification during pregnancy in a large number of patients through 4 different methods and analyze the rate of newborn treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome for each method...
September 2016: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology