title: Screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  I have several patients whom I suspect are drinking during pregnancy. How can I find out for sure if they are?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  You can use one of the validated tools to screen for problem drinking. Motherisk uses the TWEAK test, but others are just as good. Following birth, you can test infants' meconium for metabolites of ethanol to detect whether they were exposed in utero to excessive drinking.
authors.affiliation: Motherisk Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont, Canada.
authors.forename: Joey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gareri
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008470:Meconium / Q000737:chemistry; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011581:Psychological Tests
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