Neurobehavioral profiles of neonates exposed to cocaine prenatally.
Pediatrics
; 91(4): 778-83, 1993 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8464666
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effects of maternal cocaine use on performance on the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Cocaine-exposed newborns (n = 56) were compared with a non-cocaine-exposed group (n = 30) born to mothers with similar sociodemographic characteristics. Cocaine-exposed newborns showed significant reduction in birth weight but did not experience greater obstetric or postnatal complications. On neurobehavioral assessments using the NBAS, cocaine-exposed newborns showed significantly depressed performance on the habituation cluster but not on other NBAS clusters when differences in birth weight were controlled. In a sample of 30 cocaine-exposed newborns matched on birth weight, gestational age, and race to the 30 non-cocaine-exposed newborns, cocaine-exposed newborns continued to show depressed habituation performance. The significance of a selective effect of cocaine exposure on early habituation performance is discussed in terms of the implications for attentional regulation in the first year of life.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal
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Recém-Nascido
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Cocaína
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Habituação Psicofisiológica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article