Category: Neonates

We Can’t Treat It If We Don’t Test For It

May 4, 2023

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GuidaBrown

in Diagnosis, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS/FASD), Neonates, Testing

The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), is designed to “address the needs of infants born with and identified as being affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure, or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.” The Act is an effort to, in part, address the health and substance use…
Helping the Tiniest Victims

Mar 13, 2023

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GuidaBrown

in Diagnosis, Neonates, Testing

The tiniest victims of the opioid crisis are the babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and, specifically, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). Overall in the US, the number of babies born with NAS is considered to be 6.7 per 1,000. However, those numbers increase based on different factors: American Indian/Alaska Natives have babies with…