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Utilizzo di cocaina in gravidanza e perforazione intestinale neonatale
Cocaine abuse during pregnancy and intestinal perforation in the newborn
Sara Dal Bo1, Giancarlo Piccinini1, Francesca Currò1, Alberto Ratta2, Simona Straziuso2, Silvana Federici2, Federico Marchetti1
1UO di Pediatria e Neonatologia, Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna; 2Chirurgia Pediatrica Ospedale Infermi, Rimini, AUSL della Romagna
Aprile 2016 - pagg. 259 -261
Abstract
Cocaine abuse during pregnancy is associated with
a significant increase in obstetric complications: i.e. premature
labour, premature rupture of membranes, abortion, eclampsia,
and placental abruption. Infants of cocaine-addicted mothers
present with an increased incidence of low birth weight, congenital
defects, respiratory distress, hypotonia, and seizures.
Moreover, infants exposed in utero and through breast milk to
cocaine present with an higher risk of cerebral ictus, impaired
kidney function and intestinal ischemic injury with perforation
or NEC. The paper describes a case of isolated intestinal perforation
in the newborn of a cocaine-addicted mother. The case
is characterized by the absence of associated risk factors present
in the other cases described in the literature.
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