Risk of adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women consuming recreational drugs during pregnancy
Prenatal use of cocaine and/or opioids during pregnancy is observed to increase the odds of adverse neonatal composite outcomes. Encouraging substance users to seek antenatal care in earlier stages of pregnancy and targeted treatment approaches through interprofessional collaboration could prevent such adverse outcomes in pregnancy.
Authors
- Sreemanjari Kandhasamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-1043)
- Émeline Maisonneuve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-4468)
- Michael Ceulemans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-5869)
- Karine Lepigeon
- Katyuska Francini
- Roulet Céline
- Stéphanie Baggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-5937)
- Ursula Winterfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-7164)
- Alice Panchaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6086-2401)
- Stephen P. Jenkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8276-7082)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Fribourg (CH)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-07062-1
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.48