RT Book, Section A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy A1 Eyal, Fabien G. A1 Bany-Mohammed, Fayez SR Print(0) ID 1168357802 T1 Infant of a Mother with Substance Use Disorder T2 Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259644818 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168357802 RD 2024/03/28 AB Existing studies on the neonatal effects of drug exposure in utero are subject to many confounding factors. Many studies have relied on the history obtained from the mother, which is notoriously inaccurate. In addition to recall bias, there is a considerable incentive to withhold information. Testing of urine for drugs of abuse does not reflect drug exposure throughout pregnancy and does not provide quantitative information. Many women who abuse drugs are multiple drug abusers and also drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. It is thus difficult to isolate the effects of any 1 drug. Social and economic deprivation is common among drug abusers, and this factor not only confounds perinatal data but also has a major effect on long-term studies of infant outcome.