Transplacental alcohol intoxication.
The world literature contains few reports of infants born while intoxicated by alcohol. I describe the clinical course of such a child who had a high blood alcohol concentration on delivery, and exhibited features of acute alcohol withdrawal in the days after birth. He later demonstrated features consistent with a partial alcohol foetopathy (foetal alcohol effects).
D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000209:etiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology
D000431:Ethanol