NEWS RELEASE FROM HHS: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) together with leading clinicians, researchers, and policy experts led the development of a standard clinical definition for…
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OPQIC is excited to invite you to join Matthew Grossman, M.D. and Stephanie Carner, D.O. as they discuss “’Eat, Sleep, Console: A Family-Centered Approach to Managing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome” on…
The National Clinician Consultation Center operates a warmline providing free, confidential clinician-to-clinician consultation on substance use evaluation and management. Their team includes expert physicians, pharmacists, and advanced practice nurses with…
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Abstract Background/Significance: Intrauterine opioid drug exposure is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth. Preterm infants may not exhibit the same withdrawal symptoms as term infants diagnosed with neonatal…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe trends and factors associated with medication administration for opioid use disorder (OUD) and retention in treatment among pregnant women with OUD. METHODS: This is a retrospective,…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To implement a standardized universal substance use screening process in an outpatient prenatal clinic at an urban tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Using a quality-improvement framework that involved process…
SOURCE: Ryan et al., Mar 2021, Correlating Scores but Contrasting Outcomes for Eat Sleep Console Versus Modified Finnegan, Hospital Pediatrics, hpeds.2020-003665; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-003665 OBJECTIVES: The Modified Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (M-FNASS) and the…
SOURCE: Kamelia McRae, Theiju Sebastian, Matthew Grossman, Jaspreet Loyal. Mar 2021. Parent Perspectives on the Eat, Sleep, Console Approach for the Care of Opioid-Exposed Infants, Hospital Pediatrics, hpeds.2020-002139; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-002139 BACKGROUND: At our institution, the treatment of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome…
AIM is excited to announce the release of the newest ACOG eModule, Implementing the Obstetric Care for Women With Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Patient Safety Bundle. The module is available…
SOURCE: Advances in Neonatal Care, February 2021, Volume 21 (1), p 16–22, © 2021 by The National Association of Neonatal Nurses. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000819. ISSN: 1536-0903 Special Series: Substance Exposed Infants 16–22 Recovering Together: Mothers’…
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