title: Birth outcomes, health problems, and neglect with prenatal exposure to cocaine.
abstract: Thirty children exposed prenatally to maternal use of cocaine were compared to 30 nonexposed subjects on maternal variables, birth outcomes, health problems in early childhood, and issues related to child maltreatment. Cocaine-exposed infants were more likely to have mothers who received inadequate prenatal care, have adverse birth outcomes including prematurity and retarded intrauterine growth, and have health problems beyond the newborn period including small stature and hypertonia. More cocaine-exposed children were placed in foster homes due to maternal neglect.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003042:Cocaine; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine