title: Clinical profile of apparently healthy neonates with in utero drug exposure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the characteristics of neonates exposed to drugs in utero but admitted to the normal newborn nursery because of apparent good health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective evaluation with chart review of toxicology screening tests sent from a normal newborn nursery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Newborn service in an urban hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty newborns with positive drug screening results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frequency of positive results and assessment of demographic features and neonates' clinical features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  43 (86%) of the apparently healthy newborns tested positive for cocaine. The results of simultaneous or proximate drug testing of mothers and their newborns were discordant in 11 (22%) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neonates with in utero drug exposure often are born with few or no signs of abnormality and are admitted to the normal newborn nursery.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hite
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shannon
mesh_terms: D001034:Apgar Score; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000592:standards*; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000592:standards*; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000592:standards*