title: [Pregnancy and drug abuse].
abstract: The antenatal care of pregnant women with drug abuse is very complex and costly both in money and in time. The women often live under different circumstances than non-abusing women, and their personal and social resources are often very small. Collaboration between the hospital and the social system is essential in order to obtain a positive outcome of the pregnancy. Retrospective records of pregnancy, outcome and follow-up on 18 morphine-abusing women referred for delivery at Glostrup hospital in Copenhagen county over the three year period 1992-1994 are reported here. The study show the children are born in relatively good condition, although almost all needed postnatal detoxification, since their mothers was not able to stop their drug abuse during pregnancy. The pregnancy was with few complications because of tight antenatal care for these women. The study also shows a need for defining a common goal for the care of these women and their children and binding political commitments in order to obtain this goal.
authors.affiliation: Gynaekologisk obstetrisk afdeling, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lindenskov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009021:Morphine Dependence / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy