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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Villarreal, Marina
• Belmonte, Valeria
• Ré, Silvina
• García-Algar, Óscar

Titel

Detection of illicit psychoactive substances in the urine of mothers and newborn infants at a public hospital. Comparison between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 five-year periods

Ist Teil von

• Archivos argentinos de pediatría, 2023-10, Vol.121 (5), p.e202202900-e202202900

Ort / Verlag

Argentina

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Introduction. The use of illicit psychoactive substances during pregnancy is a growing problem. Few Latin American maternity centers implement a screening strategy, and published data are scarce. Objectives. To compare the outcomes of 2 five-year periods of a postpartum strategy to screen for illicit psychoactive drugs. Population and methods. This was a cross-sectional study. Immunoassay detection in urine of mother-newborn infant dyads in an Argentine public hospital between 2009 and 2018. Results. Substances were detected in 76/191 dyads over 10 years. The most frequent detection criterion was reporting or history of drug use: 25/37 and 32/39 in each five-year period. Cannabis (21/37 and 26/39) and cocaine (19/37 and 16/39) predominated in both periods. No differences were observed in demographic, gynecological, pregnancy, or neonatal data between both five-year periods. Conclusions. No differences were found in the frequency or type of substances detected over 10 years.