Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and implications for pain assessment in the newborn: a scoping review
Background: During the last decade, an increase in maternal opioid use has resulted in newborns requiring management for withdrawal. Typical symptoms of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome [NOWS] are difficult to distinguish from pain behaviors, and management measures involve both distress/pain ass...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | Global Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667009723000593 |