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ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. -- Take time to focus specifically on wine consumption when routinely questioning pregnant patients about their use of alcohol.
That was the message in a poster on a study of alcohol consumption during pregnancy presented at the annual meeting of the Teratology Society.
The prospective, clinic-based cohort study involved 4,494 women interviewed at their first prenatal visit. Of these, 16% reported signs consistent with alcohol abuse and dependence, and half of those reported steady or binge drinking during pregnancy, reported William Rayburn, M.D., of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and his colleagues.
A total of 208 women with signs of alcohol abuse or dependence completed the study, including a ...