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Specialized services benefit pregnant opioid dependent women in Ireland.
2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specialized services benefit pregnant opioid dependent women in Ireland.
"The health needs of pregnant opioid dependent women are increasingly being recognized by health care professionals. These women generally receive limited antenatal care. Maternal and neonatal outcomes are also poorer compared to non-drug using women," researchers in England report.
"The number of pregnant opioid dependent women accessing drug treatment services in the Irish Republic has increased. A specialist Drug Liaison Midwife service was created in March 1999 to liaise between the three Dublin maternity hospitals and the Drug Treatment Services. This paper surveys the first year of operation of one of these posts. It documents sociodemographic background, substance use, and medical histories of these women in addition to maternal and neonatal outcomes," stated M. Scully and colleagues, St. George Hospital, School of Medicine.
"Higher maternal methadone dose was associated with an increased risk of neonatal withdrawals among these women. The experience of this specialist liaison service indicates ...
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