ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2021
Cannabis-related diagnosis in pregnancy and adverse maternal and infant outcomes.
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- Systematic review: the impact of maternal pre-and postnatal cannabis use on the behavioral and emotional regulation in early childhood.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2024Pooled it
- Birth, cognitive and behavioral effects of intrauterine cannabis exposure in infants and children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Cannabis Use During Early Pregnancy and Child Diagnoses of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2026Article
- Investigating Links Between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Brain Development Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques: A Narrative Review.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Review
- A systematic review investigating prenatal cannabis and tobacco co-exposure: Impacts on neonatal, behavioral, cognitive and physiological outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Beliefs and perceived benefits and harms of perinatal cannabis use among pre- and post-pregnancy women.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes of cannabis use in pregnancy current to March 2024.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Review
- Prevalence of maternal substance use problems during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life: a whole-population birth cohort of 970 470 Australian children born 2008-2017.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use Disorder Among Insured Pregnant Women in the U.S., 2015-2020.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Prenatal Cannabis Use and Neonatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2025Article
- Exploring Endocannabinoid System: Unveiling New Roles in Modulating ER Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Risk and Protective Factors for Preterm Birth Among Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Groups in California.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Health Outcomes.JAMA internal medicine · 2024Article
- Neonatal outcomes associated with in utero cannabis exposure: a population-based retrospective cohort study.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- Risk of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes After Combined Prenatal Cannabis and Nicotine Exposure.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Perinatal Tetrahydrocannabinol Compromises Maternal Care and Increases Litter Attrition in the Long-Evans Rat.Toxics · 2024Article
- Reduced fetal cerebral blood flow predicts perinatal mortality in a mouse model of prenatal alcohol and cannabinoid exposure.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes Related to Recreational Cannabis Use during Pregnancy: Analysis of a Real-World Clinical Data Warehouse between 2010 and 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cannabis and Pregnancy: A Review.Obstetrical & gynecological survey · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundCannabis use and cannabis use disorders are increasing in prevalence, including among pregnant women. The objective was to evaluate the association of a cannabis-related diagnosis (CRD) in pregnancy and adverse maternal and infant outcomes.
methodsWe queried an administrative birth cohort of singleton deliveries in California between 2011-2017 linked to maternal and infant hospital discharge records. We classified pregnancies with CRD from International Classification of Disease codes. We identified nicotine and other substance-related diagnoses (SRD) in the same manner. Outcomes of interest included maternal (hypertensive disorders) and infant (prematurity, small for gestational age, NICU admission, major structural malformations) adverse outcomes.
resultsFrom 3,067,069 pregnancies resulting in live births, 29,112 (1.0 %) had a CRD. CRD was associated with an increased risk of all outcomes studied; the strongest risks observed were for very preterm birth (aRR 1.4, 95 % CI 1.3, 1.6) and small for gestational age (aRR 1.4, 95 % CI 1.3, 1.4). When analyzed with or without co-exposure diagnoses, CRD alone conferred increased risk for all outcomes compared to no use. The strongest effects were seen for CRD with other SRD (preterm birth aRR 2.3, 95 % CI 2.2, 2.5; very preterm birth aRR 2.6, 95 % CI 2.3, 3.0; gastrointestinal malformations aRR 2.0, 95 % CI 1.6, 2.6). The findings were generally robust to unmeasured confounding and misclassification analyses.
conclusionsCRD in pregnancy was associated with increased risk of adverse maternal and infant outcomes. Providing education and effective treatment for women with a CRD during prenatal care may improve maternal and infant health.
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