Fetal exposure to cocaine and infections during the first 18 months of life in infants from a Mediterranean city.
Acta Paediatr
; 96(5): 762-3, 2007 May.
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| ID: mdl-17381476
AIM: The incidence of infections during the first 18 months of life was investigated in 36 infants prenatally exposed to cocaine and in 72 non-exposed controls from Barcelona, Spain. METHODS: Fetal exposure to cocaine was ascertained by meconium analysis, infections by structured questionnaire. RESULTS: A higher incidence of infections, if excluding those acquired in utero, was not found in exposed infants versus non-exposed infants of similar demographical and socioeconomic characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: A possible role for life style factor in those cases where increased infections are associated with fetal exposure to cocaine is hypothesized.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Cocaína
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Paediatr
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article