Skin-to-skin interventions in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is on the rise in the United States, as the epidemic of opioid misuse continues1. Several infants with in utero exposure to opioids are born with NAS, and exhibit symptoms of withdrawal and dependence upon birth when the maternal sourc...

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Main Author: Arora, Gazal
Language:en_US
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/26606