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ReviewSeminars in perinatology2015

Opioids in pregnancy and neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Megan W Stover, Jonathan M Davis

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Review in Seminars in perinatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Opioid treatment for opioid withdrawal in newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  2. Sedatives for opioid withdrawal in newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  6. PregMedNet: Multifaceted Maternal Medication Impacts on Neonatal Complications.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  19. Neonatal abstinence syndrome hospitalizations in Canada: a descriptive study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan W StoverThe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Jonathan M DavisThe Department of Pediatrics, The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, TMC 44, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111; Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
Tufts Medical Center · US

Funding

Improving Outcome in Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeR01DA032889 · NIDA · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DAVIS, JONATHAN M., LESTER, BARRY M. · 2012 to 2015
$2.8M
Establishing Risk in Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeR21DA041706 · NIDA · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DAVIS, JONATHAN M., LESTER, BARRY M. · 2016 to 2017
$524k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032889NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA041706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opiate use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade and now represents a major public health problem. More women are using prescription opioids, illegal opioids, and opioid-substitution therapy. These drugs have been associated with numerous obstetrical complications including intrauterine growth restriction, placental abruption, preterm delivery, oligohydramnios, stillbirth, and maternal death. Neonatal complications are also significant, such as an increased risk of mortality as well as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS is a serious and highly variable condition characterized by central nervous system hyperirritability and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. The present review seeks to define current practices regarding the management of opiate dependence in pregnancy and care of the neonate with prenatal opiate exposure. Since genetic factors appear to be associated with the incidence and severity of NAS, opportunities for "personalized genomic medicine" and unique therapeutic interventions could be developed in the future.

Indexed as

MothersPregnant PeopleAdultAnalgesics, OpioidFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPremature BirthPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAnalgesics, OpioidNeonatal abstinence syndromeNewbornOpioidsPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID26452318
PMCPMC4628571
OpenAlexW1916818685

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