Prenatal Substance Abuse: Short- and Long-term Effects on the Exposed Fetus

Prenatal substance abuse continues to be a significant problem in this country and poses important health risks for the developing fetus. The primary care pediatrician’s role in addressing prenatal substance exposure includes prevention, identification of exposure, recognition of medical issues for the exposed newborn infant, protection of the infant, and follow-up of the exposed infant. This report will provide information for the most common drugs involved in prenatal exposure: nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, opiates, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Pediatrics

• Publication date

  2013-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1542/peds.2012-3931PMID 23439891PMCID PMC8194464
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