2024
Hospital Readmissions Among Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
Gaither J, Drago M, Grossman M, Li Y, Shabanova V, Xu X, Leventhal J. Hospital Readmissions Among Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2435074. PMID: 39316398, PMCID: PMC11423163, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal opioid withdrawal syndromeOpioid withdrawal syndromeWithdrawal syndromeCohort studyHospital readmissionLow birth weightReadmission ratesRetrospective cohort studyIncreased risk of readmissionNationwide Readmissions DatabaseClinical Modification codesGestational ageOdds of readmissionMultiple gestationsFull-termInternational Classification of DiseasesRisk of readmissionHospital discharge recordsBirth weightSurvey-weighted logistic regressionType of insuranceIncreased 5-foldIncreased riskReadmissions DatabaseYear of birth
2022
Does Maternal Incarceration Impact Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?
Drago MJ, Shabanova V, Hochreiter D, Grossman M, Mercurio M. Does Maternal Incarceration Impact Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome? Maternal And Child Health Journal 2022, 26: 1095-1103. PMID: 35088297, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-021-03356-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLength of StayMorphineNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeOpioid-Related DisordersPregnancyRetrospective StudiesConceptsNeonatal abstinence syndromeLength of stayNon-incarcerated womenLine agentsAbstinence syndromeBreast milkMean LOSLonger LOSIncarcerated womenRetrospective cohort studyFirst-line agentsMaternal-infant dyadsSecond-line agentsPrenatal substance exposurePrenatal alcohol useCare of infantsCohort studyFinnegan scoreInfant dischargeLonger hospitalizationSubstance exposureInfantsPoisson regressionMaternal incarcerationAlcohol use